Quotes of Dean Acheson - somelinesforyou

“ Always remember that the future comes one day at a time ”

- Dean Acheson

“ The thing to remember is that that the future comes one day at a time. ”

- Dean Acheson

“ The great corrupter of public men is the ego — corrupter because distracter. ”

- Dean Acheson

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

- Dean Acheson

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

- Dean Acheson

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

- Dean Acheson

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

- Dean Acheson

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

- Dean Acheson

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

- Dean Acheson

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

- Dean Acheson

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

- Dean Acheson

“ You see, you all start with the premise that democracy is some good. I don't think it's worth a damn. I think Churchill is right, the only thing to be said for democracy is that there is nothing else that's any better, and therefore he used to say, Tyranny tempered by assassination, but lots of assassination… ”

- Dean Acheson

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

- Dean Acheson

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

- Dean Acheson

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

- Dean Acheson

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

- Dean Acheson

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

- Dean Acheson

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

- Dean Acheson

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

- Dean Acheson

“ Controversial proposals, once accepted, soon become hallowed. ”

- Dean Acheson

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

- Dean Acheson

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

- Dean Acheson

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

- Dean Acheson

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

- Dean Acheson

“ Controversial proposals, once accepted, soon become hallowed. ”

- Dean Acheson

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

- Dean Acheson

“ You see, you all start with the premise that democracy is some good. I don't think it's worth a damn. I think Churchill is right, the only thing to be said for democracy is that there is nothing else that's any better, and therefore he used to say, Tyranny tempered by assassination, but lots of assassination… ”

- Dean Acheson

“ You see, you all start with the premise that democracy is some good. I don't think it's worth a damn. I think Churchill is right, the only thing to be said for democracy is that there is nothing else that's any better, and therefore he used to say, Tyranny tempered by assassination, but lots of assassination… ”

- Dean Acheson

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

- Dean Acheson

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

- Dean Acheson
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