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Dean Acheson Quotes

«The most important aspect of the relationship between the president and the secretary of state is that they both understand who is president.»
«I have a curious and apprehensive feeling as I watch JFK that he is sort of an Indian snake charmer.»
«Washington is like a self-sealing tank on a military aircraft. When a bullet passes through, it closes up.»
«The great corrupter of public man is the ego. Looking at the mirror distracts one's attention from the problem.»
«Time spent in the advertising business seems to create a permanent deformity like the Chinese habit of foot-binding.»
«The first requirement of a statesman is that he be dull. This is not always easy to achieve.»
«It is worse than immoral, it's a mistake.»
«When I walk into my office, the other portraits that I look at in addition to (Thomas) Jefferson, the portraits of George Marshall, but especially Dean Acheson.»
«I will undoubtedly have to seek what is happily known as gainful employment, which I am glad to say does not describe holding public office.»
«The greatest mistake I made was not to die in office.»

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