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Dean Acheson
American
Statesman
About the author
The best thing about the future is that it comes only one day at a time.
Dean Acheson,
American
Statesman
#Time
#Day
#Future
The first requirement of a statesman is that he be dull.
Dean Acheson,
American
Statesman
#First
The most important aspect of the relationship between the president and the secretary of state is that they both understand who is president.
Dean Acheson,
American
Statesman
#President
#State
No people in history have ever survived who thought they could protect their freedom by making themselves inoffensive to their enemies.
Dean Acheson,
American
Statesman
#People
#Thought
#Freedom
#Enemies
#History
The great corrupter of public man is the ego. Looking at the mirror distracts one's attention from the problem.
Dean Acheson,
American
Statesman
#Public
#Man
#Attention
#Ego
Negotiation in the classic diplomatic sense assumes parties more anxious to agree than to disagree.
Dean Acheson,
American
Statesman
#Sense
#Negotiation
The manner in which one endures what must be endured is more important than the thing that must be endured.
Dean Acheson,
American
Statesman
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.
Dean Acheson,
American
Statesman
#Public
#Will
#Office
Washington is like a self-sealing tank on a military aircraft. When a bullet passes through, it closes up.
Dean Acheson,
American
Statesman
#Self
#Washington
#Military
The greatest mistake I made was not to die in office.
Dean Acheson,
American
Statesman
#Office
#Mistake
Negotiating in the classic diplomatic sense assumes parties more anxious to agree than to disagree.
Dean Acheson,
American
Statesman
#Sense
If we learn the art of yielding what must be yielded to the changing present, we can save the best of the past.
Dean Acheson,
American
Statesman
#Art
#Past
#Present
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.
Dean Acheson,
American
Statesman
#Father
#Example
Great Britain has lost an empire and has not yet found a role.
Dean Acheson,
American
Statesman
Controversial proposals, once accepted, soon become hallowed.
Dean Acheson,
American
Statesman
Always remember that the future comes one day at a time.
Dean Acheson,
American
Statesman
#Time
#Day
#Future
A memorandum is written not to inform the reader but to protect the writer.
Dean Acheson,
American
Statesman
#Writer
We have actively sought and are actively seeking to make the United Nations an effective instrument of international cooperation.
Dean Acheson,
American
Statesman
#Nations
#United
#Cooperation
It is worse than immoral, it's a mistake.
Dean Acheson,
American
Statesman
#Mistake