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All Quotes by author - Dean Acheson

" A memorandum is written not to inform the reader but to protect the writer. "

" Controversial proposals, once accepted, soon become hallowed. "

" Great Britain has lost an empire and has not yet found a role. "

" If we learn the art of yielding what must be yielded to the changing present, we can save the best of the past. "

" I learned from the example of my father that the manner in which one endures what must be endured is more important than the thing that must be endured. "

" It is worse than immoral, it's a mistake. "

" I will undoubtedly have to seek what is happily known as gainful employment, which I am glad to say does not describe holding public office. "

" Negotiating in the classic diplomatic sense assumes parties more anxious to agree than to disagree. "

" Negotiation in the classic diplomatic sense assumes parties more anxious to agree than to disagree. "

" No people in history have ever survived who thought they could protect their freedom by making themselves inoffensive to their enemies. "

" The best thing about the future is that it comes only one day at a time. "

" The first requirement of a statesman is that he be dull. "

" The great corrupter of public man is the ego. Looking at the mirror distracts one's attention from the problem. "

" The greatest mistake I made was not to die in office. "

" The manner in which one endures what must be endured is more important than the thing that must be endured. "

" The most important aspect of the relationship between the president and the secretary of state is that they both understand who is president. "

" Washington is like a self-sealing tank on a military aircraft. When a bullet passes through, it closes up. "

" We have actively sought and are actively seeking to make the United Nations an effective instrument of international cooperation. "

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