Dean Rusk

One of the best ways to persuade others is with your ears by listening to them.

— Dean Rusk

The usual cause of evil in the world is that at any given time half the people in the world are awake.

— Dean Rusk

The fidelity of the United States to security treaties is not just an empty matter. It is a pillar of peace in…

— Dean Rusk

The United States is not just an old cow that gives more milk the more it's kicked in the flanks

— Dean Rusk

One of the best ways to persuade others is by listening to them.

— Dean Rusk

Give a member of Congress a junket and a mimeograph machine and he thinks he is secretary of state

— Dean Rusk

The best way to persuade people is with your ears - by listening to them.

— Dean Rusk

Continuity does not rule out fresh approaches to fresh situations.

— Dean Rusk

While we are sleeping, two-thirds of the world is plotting to do us in.

— Dean Rusk

Let me say with a Georgia accent that we cannot solve this problem if it requires a diplomatic passport to claim the…

— Dean Rusk

Appeasement only makes the aggressor more aggressive.

— Dean Rusk

When you solve a problem, you ought to thank God and go on to the next one.

— Dean Rusk

If you don't pay attention to the periphery, the periphery changes and the first thing you know the periphery is the center.

— Dean Rusk

We have tried to make it clear that the United States is not just an old cow that gives more milk the…

— Dean Rusk

One third of the people of the world are asleep at any given moment. The other two thirds are awake and probably…

— Dean Rusk

The pace of events is moving so fast that unless we can find some way to keep our sights on tomorrow, we…

— Dean Rusk

The best way to persuade is with your ears.

— Dean Rusk

We're eyeball to eyeball...and I think the other fellow just blinked.

— Dean Rusk

Physicists and astronomers see their own implications in the world being round, but to me it means that only one-third of the…

— Dean Rusk