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> [“It was in describing these early bargaining tactics by the British oil company that Dean Acheson, the U.S. secretary of state, made his famous statement: “Never had so few lost so much so stupidly in so short a time.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ervand-abrahamian/it-was-in-describing-these-early-bargaining-tactics-by-the-british/)

[Ervand Abrahamian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ervand-abrahamian/)

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## More by Ervand Abrahamian

> [“A Foreign Office diplomat in London wrote in the margins of a Tehran report: “I tend to the view that Musaddiq still enjoys some…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ervand-abrahamian/a-foreign-office-diplomat-in-london-wrote-in-the-margins-of-a-tehran/)

[Ervand Abrahamian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ervand-abrahamian/)

> [“The British consul in Mashed later wrote in his memoirs that what had turned “Russia from hot-war ally to cold-war rival” was the “vigorous…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ervand-abrahamian/the-british-consul-in-mashed-later-wrote-in-his-memoirs-that-what-had/)

[Ervand Abrahamian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ervand-abrahamian/)

> [“It was in describing these early bargaining tactics by the British oil company that Dean Acheson, the U.S. secretary of state, made his famous…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ervand-abrahamian/it-was-in-describing-these-early-bargaining-tactics-by-the-british/)

[Ervand Abrahamian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ervand-abrahamian/)

> [“One should never underestimate the role of stupidity in history”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ervand-abrahamian/one-should-never-underestimate-the-role-of-stupidity-in-history/)

[Ervand Abrahamian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ervand-abrahamian/)

> [“refused any aid until the oil issue was settled. Matters came to a head in August when Mossadeq for three days, backed by the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ervand-abrahamian/refused-any-aid-until-the-oil-issue-was-settled-matters-came-to-a/)

[Ervand Abrahamian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ervand-abrahamian/)

> [“Much of the public was convinced that the CIA was capable and willing to do so. Thus began the famous 444-day American hostage crisis.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ervand-abrahamian/much-of-the-public-was-convinced-that-the-cia-was-capable-and-willing/)

[Ervand Abrahamian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ervand-abrahamian/)

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