Dean Acheson
Dean Acheson
Dean Gooderham Achesonwas an American statesman and lawyer. As United States Secretary of State in the administration of President Harry S. Truman from 1949 to 1953, he played a central role in defining American foreign policy during the Cold War. Acheson helped design the Marshall Plan and was a key player in the development of the Truman Doctrine and creation of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth11 April 1893
CityMiddletown, CT
CountryUnited States of America
The great corrupter of public man is the ego.... Looking at the mirror distracts one's attention from the problem.
The greatest mistake I made was not to die in office.
The test for aid to poor nations is therefore whether it makes them capable of being productive. If it fails to do so, it is likely to make them even poorer in the – not so very – long run.
The defensive perimeter [of the United States in East Asia] runs along the Aleutians to Japan and then goes to the Ryukyus.
We have actively sought and are actively seeking to make the United Nations an effective instrument of international cooperation.
Vietnam was worse than immoral - it was a mistake.
Americans assume Canada to be bestowed as a right and accept this bounty, as they do air, without thought or appreciation.
Between 9 and 10 AM the American radio is concerned almost exclusively with love. It seems a little like ending breakfast with a stiff bourbon.
The limitations imposed by democratic political practices makes it difficult to conduct our foreign affairs in the national interest.
The most important aspect of the relationship between the president and the secretary of state is that they both understand who is president.
The first requirement of a statesman is that he be dull.
No people in history have ever survived who thought they could protect their freedom by making themselves inoffensive to their enemies.
Controversial proposals, once accepted, soon become hallowed.
Time spent in the advertising business seems to create a permanent deformity like the Chinese habit of foot-binding.