Dean Acheson

“A memorandum is written to protect the writer - not to inform his reader.”

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

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

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

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

“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.”

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

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

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

“The best thing about the future is that it comes only one day at a time.”

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

“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.”

“If we learn the art of yielding what must be yielded to the changing present, we can save the best of the past.”