Dean Acheson Quotes

American - Statesman | April 11, 1893 - October 12, 1971

A memorandum is written not to inform the reader but to protect the writer.

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ProtectWriterInformReaderWritten

Controversial proposals, once accepted, soon become hallowed.

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BecomeControversialSoonAccepted

It is worse than immoral, it's a mistake.

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MistakeWorseThanImmoral

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

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NegotiationMoreClassicDisagree

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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ArtBestPastPresentLearnMust

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

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FreedomHistoryPeopleThoughtWho

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