Dean Acheson Quotes About Politics

Quotes about: Politics

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

  Dean Acheson

  Funny, Accountability, Political

  Quoted in Wall Street Journal, 8 Sept. 1977

• The greatest mistake I made was not to die in office.

  Dean Acheson

  Mistake, Office, Political

• Controversial proposals, once accepted, soon become hallowed.

  Dean Acheson

  Acceptance, Political, Politics

  Dean Acheson (1962). “Real and Imagined Handicaps of Our Democracy in the Conduct of Its Foreign Relations: An Address, the Harry S. Truman Library, Institute for National and International Affairs”

• The first requirement of a statesman is that he be dull.

  Dean Acheson

  Dull, Politics, Requirements

  In Observer 21 June 1970

• I doubt very much if a man whose main literary interests were in works by Mr. Zane Grey, admirable as they may be, is particularly equipped to be the chief executive of this country, particularly where Indian Affairs are concerned.

  Dean Acheson

  Country, Men, Political

• Washington is like a self-sealing tank on a military aircraft. When a bullet passes through, it closes up.

  Dean Acheson

  Military, Self, Political

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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