List of Dean Acheson Quotes

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.

Americans Assume Canada To Be Bestowed As A Right And Accept This Bounty, As They Do Air, Without Thought Or Appreciation.

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!

Washington Is Like A Self-sealing Tank On A Military Aircraft. When A Bullet Passes Through, It Closes Up.

The Defensive Perimeter [of The United States In East Asia] Runs Along The Aleutians To Japan And Then Goes To The Ryukyus.

If We Learn The Art Of Yielding What Must Be Yielded To The Changing Present, We Can Save The Best Of The Past.

We Have Actively Sought And Are Actively Seeking To Make The United Nations An Effective Instrument Of International Cooperation.

Charm Never Made A Rooster.

Time Spent In The Advertising Business Seems To Create A Permanent Deformity Like The Chinese Habit Of Foot-binding.

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.

Controversial Proposals, Once Accepted, Soon Become Hallowed.

The Greatest Mistake I Made Was Not To Die In Office.