Famous Dean Acheson Quotations

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"A memorandum is written not to inform the reader but to protect the writer."
by Dean Acheson
"The future comes one day at a time."
by Dean Gooderham Acheson
"The thing to remember is that that the future comes one day at a time."
by Dean Acheson
"Time spent in the advertising business seems to create a permanent deformity like the Chinese habit of foot-binding."
by Dean Gooderham Acheson
"Washington is like a self-sealing tank on a military aircraft. When a bullet passes through, it closes up."
by Dean Acheson (1893 - 1971)
"The manner in which one endures what must be endured is more important than the thing that must be endured."
by Dean Acheson
"Negotiation in the classic diplomatic sense assumes parties more anxious to agree than to disagree."
by Dean Acheson
"Great Britain has lost an Empire and has not yet found a role."
by Dean Acheson
"The great corrupter of public man is the ego....Looking at the mirror distracts one's attention from the problem."
by Dean Acheson
"Controversial proposals, once accepted, soon become hallowed."
by Dean Acheson
"You see, you all start with the premise that democracy is some good. I don't think it's worth a damn. 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 he used to say, Tyranny tempered by assassination, but lots of assassination. People say, If the Congress were more representative of the people it would be better. I say the Congress is too damn representative. It's just as stupid as the people are; just as uneducated, just as dumb, just as selfish. You know the Congress is a perfect example, and created to be a perfect example."
by Dean Acheson
"A memorandum is not written to inform the reader, but to protect the writer."
by Dean Acheson
"We have actively sought and are actively seeking to make the United Nations an effective instrument of international cooperation."
by Dean Acheson


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