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
I doubt very much if a man whose main literary interests were in works by Mr. Zane Grey, admirable as they may be, is particularly equipped to be the chief executive of this country, particularly where Indian Affairs are concerned.
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Great Britain has lost an Empire and not yet found a role. The attempt to playa separate power rolethat is, a role apart from Europe, based on a special relationship with the United States, on being the head of the Commonwealthis about to be played out. Her Majesty's Government is now attempting, wisely in my opinion, to re-enter Europe.
To leave positions of great responsibility and authority is to die a little, but the time comes when that must be faced.
Charm never made a rooster.
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 trouble with a free market economy is that it requires so many policemen to make it work.
If we learn the art of yielding what must be yielded to the changing present, we can save the best of the past.
Greatness is a quality of character and is not the result of circumstances.
How could the USA champion individual freedom in the world generally while denying it to an important minority in its own country.
Negotiation in the classic diplomatic sense assumes parties more anxious to agree than to disagree.
The great corrupter of public man is the ego.... Looking at the mirror distracts one's attention from the problem.
I have almost invariably found that charm is used as a substitute for intelligence in persons of both sexes. Thus, I have always been and will remain wary of it.