Dean Acheson Quotes

List of quotations and sayings by the american statesman Dean Acheson on topics like public, important, future

  • The future comes one day at a time.

    — Dean Acheson on future
    35
  • The manner in which one endures what must be endured is more important than the thing that must be endured.

    — Dean Acheson on determination
    4
  • The great corrupter of public man is the ego.

    ...Looking at the mirror distracts one's attention from the problem.

    — Dean Acheson on ego
    4
  • The first requirement of a statesman is that he be dull. This is not always easy to achieve.

    — Dean Acheson on leadership
    3
  • The great corrupter of public man is the ego.

    Looking at the mirror distracts one's attention from the problem.

    — Dean Acheson on attention
    3
  • A memorandum is not written to inform the reader, but to protect the writer.

    — Dean Acheson on management
    2
  • Negotiating in the classic diplomatic sense assumes parties more anxious to agree than to disagree.

    — Dean Acheson on agree
    2
  • The greatest mistake I made was not to die in office.

    — Dean Acheson on die
    1
  • 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 on describe
    0
  • Washington is like a self-sealing tank on a military aircraft.

    When a bullet passes through, it closes up.

    — Dean Acheson on aircraft
    0
  • Always remember that the future comes one day at a time.

    — Dean Acheson on change
    0
  • Great Britain has lost an Empire and has not yet found a role.

    — Dean Acheson on empire
    0
  • About Dean Acheson

    Name Dean Acheson
    Quotes 20 quotations
    Nationality American
    Profession Statesman
    Birthday October 16
    Top topics public, important, future, agree, anxious
  • 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. People say, If the Congress were more representative of the people it would be better. I say the Congress is too damn representative. It's just as stupid as the people are; just as uneducated, just as dumb, just as selfish. You know the Congress is a perfect example, and created to be a perfect example.

    — Dean Acheson on government
    0
  • Controversial proposals, once accepted, soon become hallowed.

    — Dean Acheson on government
    0
  • The first requirement of a statesman is that he be dull.

    — Dean Acheson on dull
    0
  • We have actively sought and are actively seeking to make the United Nations an effective instrument of international cooperation.

    — Dean Acheson on nation
    0
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  • Negotiation in the classic diplomatic sense assumes parties more anxious to agree than to disagree.

    — Dean Acheson on diplomacy
    0
  • A memorandum is written not to inform the reader but to protect the writer.

    — Dean Acheson on inform
    0
  • 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 on aspect
    0
  • 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 on endured
    0
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