The first requirement of a statesman is that he be dull.More Dean Acheson quotes [03/29/2018 05:03:36]

Controversial proposals, once accepted, soon become hallowed.More Dean Acheson quotes [07/12/2011 05:07:29]

I think Churchill is right, the only thing to be said for democracy is that there is nothing else that's any better, and therefore he used to say, Tyranny tempered by assassination, but lots of assassination. People say, If the Congress were more representative of the people it would be better. I say the Congress is too damn representative. It's just as stupid as the people are; just as uneducated, just as dumb, just as selfish.More Dean Acheson quotes [03/29/2018 05:03:36]

Brains are no substitute for judgement.More Dean Acheson quotes [03/29/2018 05:03:36]

No people in history have ever survived who thought they could protect their freedom by making themselves inoffensive to their enemies.More Dean Acheson quotes [03/29/2018 05:03:36]