Dean Acheson Quotes

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

The first requirement of a statesman is that he be dull. This is not always easy to achieve.

Great Britain has lost an empire and has not yet found a role.

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

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

Always remember that the future comes one day at a time.

The future comes one day at a time.