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• I doubt very much if a man whose main literary interests were in works by Mr. Zane Grey, admirable as they may be, is particularly equipped to be the chief executive of this country, particularly where Indian Affairs are concerned.

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  Country, Men, Political

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• The most important aspect of the relationship between the president and the secretary of state is that they both understand who is president.

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  Understanding, Important, President

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• If we learn the art of yielding what must be yielded to the changing present, we can save the best of the past.

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  Art, Past, Ifs

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• We have actively sought and are actively seeking to make the United Nations an effective instrument of international cooperation.

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  Cooperation, Instruments, United Nations

  Dean Acheson (1950). “Strengthening the Forces of Freedom: Selected Speeches and Statements of Secretary of State Acheson, February 1949 - April 1950 [and Supplement May-June 1950].”

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• The greatest mistake I made was not to die in office.

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  Mistake, Office, Political

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• [President Truman] was free of the greatest vice in a leader, his ego never came between him and his job.

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  Jobs, Leader, Ego

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• The first requirement of a statesman is that he be dull.

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  Dull, Politics, Requirements

  In Observer 21 June 1970

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• Charm never made a rooster.

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  Roosters, Charm, Made

  Of poorly-organized attempts to maintain peace by good intentions. Quoted in James B Reston Deadline (1991).

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• Controversial proposals, once accepted, soon become hallowed.

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  Acceptance, Political, Politics

  Dean Acheson (1962). “Real and Imagined Handicaps of Our Democracy in the Conduct of Its Foreign Relations: An Address, the Harry S. Truman Library, Institute for National and International Affairs”

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• 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.

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  Work, Office, Doe

  In Time 22 Dec. 1952

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• 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.

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  Breakfast, Radio, Littles

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• Time spent in the advertising business seems to create a permanent deformity like the Chinese habit of foot-binding.

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  Business, Feet, Chinese

  Dean Acheson (1980). “Among friends: personal letters of Dean Acheson”, Dodd Mead

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• The defensive perimeter [of the United States in East Asia] runs along the Aleutians to Japan and then goes to the Ryukyus.

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  Running, War, Japan

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• Washington is like a self-sealing tank on a military aircraft. When a bullet passes through, it closes up.

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  Military, Self, Political

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• The Iraqi is really not whacky toady, perhaps, even tacky. When they gave him the word, he gave us the bird and joined with the Arabs, by cracky!

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  Bird, Toady, Tacky

  Limerick written during dull meeting of Foreign Ministers. Quoted in Walter Isaac son and Evan Thomas The Wise Men (1986).

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• Americans assume Canada to be bestowed as a right and accept this bounty, as they do air, without thought or appreciation.

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  Appreciation, Air, Canada

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