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> [Greatness is a quality of character and is not the result of circumstances.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dean-acheson/greatness-is-a-quality-of-character-and-is-not-the-result-of/)

[Dean Acheson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dean-acheson/)

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## More by Dean Acheson

> [How could the USA champion individual freedom in the world generally while denying it to an important minority in its own country.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dean-acheson/how-could-the-usa-champion-individual-freedom-in-the-world-generally/)

[Dean Acheson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dean-acheson/)

> [The test for aid to poor nations is therefore whether it makes them capable of being productive. If it fails to do so, it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dean-acheson/the-test-for-aid-to-poor-nations-is-therefore-whether-it-makes-them/)

[Dean Acheson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dean-acheson/)

> [To leave positions of great responsibility and authority is to die a little, but the time comes when that must be faced.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dean-acheson/to-leave-positions-of-great-responsibility-and-authority-is-to-die-a/)

[Dean Acheson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dean-acheson/)

> [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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dean-acheson/between-9-and-10-am-the-american-radio-is-concerned-almost/)

[Dean Acheson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dean-acheson/)

> [It is worse than immoral, it's a mistake.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dean-acheson/it-is-worse-than-immoral-it-s-a-mistake/)

[Dean Acheson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dean-acheson/)

> [Great Britain has lost an Empire and has not yet found a role.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dean-acheson/great-britain-has-lost-an-empire-and-has-not-yet-found-a-role/)

[Dean Acheson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dean-acheson/)

> [The Iraqi is really not whacky toady, perhaps, even tacky. When they gave him the word, he gave us the bird and joined with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dean-acheson/the-iraqi-is-really-not-whacky-toady-perhaps-even-tacky-when-they/)

[Dean Acheson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dean-acheson/)

> [If we learn the art of yielding what must be yielded to the changing present, we can save the best of the past.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dean-acheson/if-we-learn-the-art-of-yielding-what-must-be-yielded-to-the-changing/)

[Dean Acheson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dean-acheson/)

> [Negotiating in the classic diplomatic sense assumes parties more anxious to agree than to disagree.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dean-acheson/negotiating-in-the-classic-diplomatic-sense-assumes-parties-more/)

[Dean Acheson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dean-acheson/)

> [Washington is like a self-sealing tank on a military aircraft. When a bullet passes through, it closes up.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dean-acheson/washington-is-like-a-self-sealing-tank-on-a-military-aircraft-when-a/)

[Dean Acheson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dean-acheson/)

> [A memorandum is written not to inform the reader but to protect the writer.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dean-acheson/a-memorandum-is-written-not-to-inform-the-reader-but-to-protect-the/)

[Dean Acheson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dean-acheson/)

> [Americans assume Canada to be bestowed as a right and accept this bounty, as they do air, without thought or appreciation.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dean-acheson/americans-assume-canada-to-be-bestowed-as-a-right-and-accept-this/)

[Dean Acheson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dean-acheson/)

> [I learned from the example of my father that the manner in which one endures what must be endured is more important than the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dean-acheson/i-learned-from-the-example-of-my-father-that-the-manner-in-which-one/)

[Dean Acheson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dean-acheson/)

> [The trouble with a free market economy is that it requires so many policemen to make it work.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dean-acheson/the-trouble-with-a-free-market-economy-is-that-it-requires-so-many/)

[Dean Acheson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dean-acheson/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dean-acheson/i-think-churchill-is-right-the-only-thing-to-be-said-for-democracy-is/)

[Dean Acheson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dean-acheson/)

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