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The future comes one day at a time.

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

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

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

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.

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

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Dean Acheson

Former United States Secretary of State

Born: 1893-04-11

Died: 1971-10-12

Dean Gooderham Acheson (April 11, 1893 – October 12, 1971) was the United States Secretary of State under President Harry S. Truman. He was known to have played a large part in writing the Truman Doctrine, and was well-known for his anti-Communist views.More