Dean Acheson Quotes
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![He struck me as looking like a pear on top of two toothpicks. - Dean Acheson quote.](/img/q/32/29332A-he-struck-me-as-looking-like-pear-top-two-toothpicks-dean-acheson.png)
He struck me as looking like a pear on top of two toothpicks.
![A memorandum is written not to inform the reader but to protect the writer. - Dean Acheson quote.](/img/q/33/19033A-a-memorandum-is-written-not-to-inform-reader-but-protect-dean-acheson.png)
A memorandum is written not to inform the reader but to protect the writer.
![The first requirement of a statesman is that he be dull. This is not always easy to achieve. - Dean Acheson quote.](/img/q/92/22392A-the-first-requirement-of-a-statesman-is-that-he-be-dean-acheson.png)
The first requirement of a statesman is that he be dull. This is not always easy to achieve.
![An extraordinary man. A real Centaur—part man, part horse's ass. A rough appraisal, but curiously true. - Dean Acheson quote.](/img/q/84/37684A-an-extraordinary-man-a-real-centaur-part-man-part-horses-dean-acheson.png)
An extraordinary man. A real Centaur—part man, part horse's ass. A rough appraisal, but curiously true.
![Negotiation in the classic diplomatic sense assumes both parties are more anxious to agree than disagree. - Dean Acheson quote.](/img/q/73/773A-negotiation-in-the-classic-diplomatic-sense-assumes-both-parties-are-dean-acheson.png)
Negotiation in the classic diplomatic sense assumes both parties are more anxious to agree than disagree.
![The manner in which one endures what must be endured is more important than the thing that must be endured. - Dean Acheson quote.](/img/q/64/24264A-the-manner-in-which-one-endures-what-must-be-endured-dean-acheson.png)
The manner in which one endures what must be endured is more important than the thing that must be endured.
![Time spent in the advertising business seems to create a permanent deformity like the Chinese habit of footbinding. - Dean Acheson quote.](/img/q/27/25427A-time-spent-in-the-advertising-business-seems-create-permanent-deformity-dean-acheson.png)
Time spent in the advertising business seems to create a permanent deformity like the Chinese habit of footbinding.
![The most important aspect of the relationship between the president and the secretary of state is that they both understand who is president. - Dean Acheson quote.](/img/q/93/23593A-the-most-important-aspect-of-the-relationship-between-president-secretary-dean-acheson.png)
The most important aspect of the relationship between the president and the secretary of state is that they both understand who is president.
![I try to remember...the comments of an old lady of my acquaintance. She said that "the best thing about the future is that it only comes one day at a time." - Dean Acheson quote.](/img/q/34/31534A-i-try-to-rememberthe-comments-of-old-lady-my-acquaintance-dean-acheson.png)
I try to remember...the comments of an old lady of my acquaintance. She said that "the best thing about the future is that it only comes one day at a time."