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Dean Acheson

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

Dean Acheson

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

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Dean Acheson

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

Dean Acheson

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

– Dean Acheson

Dean Acheson

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

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Dean Acheson

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

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Dean Acheson

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

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Dean Acheson

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

– Dean Acheson

Dean Acheson

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

– Dean Acheson

Dean Acheson

Controversial proposals, once accepted, soon become hallowed.

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Dean Acheson

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

Dean Acheson

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

– Dean Acheson

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