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 Copy Share Image
The manner in which one endures what must be endured is more important than the thing that must be endured. — Dean Acheson Copy Share Image
How could the USA champion individual freedom in the world generally while denying it to an important minority in its own country. — Dean Acheson Copy Share
The test for aid to poor nations is therefore whether it makes them capable of being productive. If it fails to do so, it… — Dean Acheson Copy Share
To leave positions of great responsibility and authority is to die a little, but the time comes when that must be faced. — Dean Acheson Copy Share
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. — Dean Acheson Copy Share
The Iraqi is really not whacky toady, perhaps, even tacky. When they gave him the word, he gave us the bird and joined with… — Dean Acheson Copy Share
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 Copy Share
Negotiating in the classic diplomatic sense assumes parties more anxious to agree than to disagree. — Dean Acheson Copy Share
Washington is like a self-sealing tank on a military aircraft. When a bullet passes through, it closes up. — Dean Acheson Copy Share
A memorandum is written not to inform the reader but to protect the writer. — Dean Acheson Copy Share
Americans assume Canada to be bestowed as a right and accept this bounty, as they do air, without thought or appreciation. — Dean Acheson Copy Share
I learned from the example of my father that the manner in which one endures what must be endured is more important than the… — Dean Acheson Copy Share
The trouble with a free market economy is that it requires so many policemen to make it work. — Dean Acheson Copy Share
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… — Dean Acheson Copy Share
