Zitat des Tages von Dean Acheson:
Controversial proposals, once accepted, soon become hallowed.
The greatest mistake I made was not to die in office.
The best thing about the future is that it comes only one day at a time.
The first requirement of a statesman is that he be dull.
Washington is like a self-sealing tank on a military aircraft. When a bullet passes through, it closes up.
A memorandum is written not to inform the reader but to protect the writer.
It is worse than immoral, it's a mistake.
Negotiation in the classic diplomatic sense assumes parties more anxious to agree than to disagree.
Great Britain has lost an empire and has not yet found a role.
If we learn the art of yielding what must be yielded to the changing present, we can save the best of the past.
The great corrupter of public man is the ego. Looking at the mirror distracts one's attention from the problem.
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.
The most important aspect of the relationship between the president and the secretary of state is that they both understand who is president.
We have actively sought and are actively seeking to make the United Nations an effective instrument of international cooperation.
Negotiating in the classic diplomatic sense assumes parties more anxious to agree than to disagree.
