Dean Acheson

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.

Negotiating in the classic diplomatic sense assumes parties more anxious to agree than to disagree.

The great corrupter of public man is the ego. Looking at the mirror distracts one's attention from the problem.

The manner in which one endures what must be endured is more important than the thing that must be endured.

Negotiation in the classic diplomatic sense assumes parties more anxious to agree than to disagree.

No people in history have ever survived who thought they could protect their freedom by making themselves inoffensive to their enemies.

I learned from the example of my father that the manner in which one endures what must be endured is more important than the thing that must be endured.

Controversial proposals, once accepted, soon become hallowed.