Dean Acheson Quotes, Quotations, and Sayings

14 Famous Quotes by Dean Acheson
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“We have actively sought and are actively seeking to make the United Nations an effective instrument of international cooperation”
Cooperation Quotes
“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”
Endurance Quotes
“Negotiation in the classic diplomatic sense assumes parties more anxious to agree than to disagree”
Negotiation Quotes
“Always remember that the future comes one day at a time.”
Time Quotes
“Negotiation in the classic diplomatic sense assumes parties more anxious to agree than to disagree”
Miscellaneous Quotes
“The great corrupter of public man is the ego. Looking at the mirror distracts one's attention from the problem.”
Miscellaneous Quotes
“No people in history have ever survived who thought they could protect their freedom by making themselves inoffensive to their enemies”
Miscellaneous Quotes
“The manner in which one endures what must be endured is more important than the thing that must be endured.”
Miscellaneous Quotes
“The most important aspect of the relationship between the president and the secretary of state is that they both understand who is president.”
Miscellaneous Quotes
“A memorandum is written not to inform the reader but to protect the writer.”
Miscellaneous Quotes
“Great Britain has lost an empire and has not yet found a role.”
Miscellaneous Quotes
“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”
Miscellaneous Quotes
“The first requirement of a statesman is that he be dull. This is not always easy to achieve.”
Miscellaneous Quotes
“I have a curious and apprehensive feeling as I watch JFK that he is sort of an Indian snake charmer.”
Miscellaneous Quotes