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Dean Acheson quotes: No people in history have ever survived, who thought they could protect their freedom by making themselves inoffensive to their enemies.

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

Dean Acheson quotes: Vietnam was worse than immoral - it was a mistake.

Vietnam was worse than immoral - it was a mistake.

Dean Acheson quotes: Between 9 and 10 AM the American radio is concerned almost exclusively with love. It seems a little like ending breakfast with a stiff bourbon.

Between 9 and 10 AM the American radio is concerned almost exclusively with love. It seems a little like ending breakfast with a stiff bourbon.

Dean Acheson quotes: No man comes out of his own memorandum of conversation looking second best.

No man comes out of his own memorandum of conversation looking second best.

Dean Acheson quotes: The limitations imposed by democratic political practices makes it difficult to conduct our foreign affairs in the national interest.

The limitations imposed by democratic political practices makes it difficult to conduct our foreign affairs in the national interest.

Dean Acheson quotes: The Iraqi is really not whacky toady, perhaps, even tacky. When they gave him the word, he gave us the bird and joined with the Arabs, by cracky!

The Iraqi is really not whacky toady, perhaps, even tacky. When they gave him the word, he gave us the bird and joined with the Arabs, by cracky!

Dean Acheson quotes: Great Britain has lost an empire and has not yet found a role.

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

Dean Acheson quotes: Entwined with the strand of conservatism in the Democratic party is the strand of empiricism.

Entwined with the strand of conservatism in the Democratic party is the strand of empiricism.

Dean Acheson quotes: The most important aspect of the relationship between the president and the secretary of state is that they both understand who is president.

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

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

Dean Acheson quotes: A memorandum is written not to inform the reader but to protect the writer.

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

Dean Acheson quotes: How could the USA champion individual freedom in the world generally while denying it to an important minority in its own country.

How could the USA champion individual freedom in the world generally while denying it to an important minority in its own country.

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

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 quotes: Charm never made a rooster.

Charm never made a rooster.

Dean Acheson quotes: To leave positions of great responsibility and authority is to die a little, but the time comes when that must be faced.

To leave positions of great responsibility and authority is to die a little, but the time comes when that must be faced.

Dean Acheson quotes: The defensive perimeter [of the United States in East Asia] runs along the Aleutians to Japan and then goes to the Ryukyus.

The defensive perimeter [of the United States in East Asia] runs along the Aleutians to Japan and then goes to the Ryukyus.

Dean Acheson quotes: The future comes one day at a time [so don't fear and try to solve all the worries and problems of the future today].

The future comes one day at a time [so don't fear and try to solve all the worries and problems of the future today].

Dean Acheson quotes: We have actively sought and are actively seeking to make the United Nations an effective instrument of international cooperation.

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

Dean Acheson quotes: It is worse than immoral, it's a mistake.

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

Dean Acheson quotes: Negotiating in the classic diplomatic sense assumes parties more anxious to agree than to disagree.

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

Dean Acheson quotes: You can't argue with a river, it isgoing to flow.You can dam it up?put it to useful purposes?deflect it, but you can't argue with it.

You can't argue with a river, it isgoing to flow.You can dam it up?put it to useful purposes?deflect it, but you can't argue with it.

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

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

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

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

Dean Acheson quotes: [President Truman] was free of the greatest vice in a leader, his ego never came between him and his job.

[President Truman] was free of the greatest vice in a leader, his ego never came between him and his job.

Dean Acheson quotes: Time spent in the advertising business seems to create a permanent deformity like the Chinese habit of foot-binding.

Time spent in the advertising business seems to create a permanent deformity like the Chinese habit of foot-binding.

Dean Acheson quotes: The manner in which one endures what must be endured is more important than the thing that must be endured.

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

Dean Acheson quotes: Americans assume Canada to be bestowed as a right and accept this bounty, as they do air, without thought or appreciation.

Americans assume Canada to be bestowed as a right and accept this bounty, as they do air, without thought or appreciation.

Dean Acheson quotes: Always remember that the future comes one day at a time.

Always remember that the future comes one day at a time.

Dean Acheson quotes: I have a curious and apprehensive feeling as I watch JFK that he is sort of an Indian snake charmer.

I have a curious and apprehensive feeling as I watch JFK that he is sort of an Indian snake charmer.

Dean Acheson quotes: 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.

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 quotes: The trouble with a free market economy is that it requires so many policemen to make it work.

The trouble with a free market economy is that it requires so many policemen to make it work.

Dean Acheson quotes: With a nation, as with a boxer, one of the greatest assurances of safety is to add reach to power.

With a nation, as with a boxer, one of the greatest assurances of safety is to add reach to power.

Dean Acheson quotes: Greatness is a quality of character and is not the result of circumstances.

Greatness is a quality of character and is not the result of circumstances.

Dean Acheson quotes: Brains are no substitute for judgement.

Brains are no substitute for judgement.

Dean Acheson quotes: Controversial proposals, once accepted, soon become hallowed.

Controversial proposals, once accepted, soon become hallowed.

Dean Acheson quotes: The first requirement of a statesman is that he be dull.

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