Quotes by Dean Acheson

“You are not the child of the people you call mother and father, but their fellow-adventurer on a bright journey to understand the things that are.”

“It is impossible to please all the world and ones father”

“Family quarrels are bitter things. They dont go according to any rules. Theyre not like aches or wounds, theyre more like splits in the skin that wont heal because theres not enough material.”

“The manner in which one endures what must be endured is more important than the thing that must be endured.”

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

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

“If we learn the art of yielding what must be yielded to the changing present, we can save the best of the past”

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

“Between 9 and 10 AM the American radio is concerned almost exclusively with love. It seems a little like ending breakfast with a stiff bourbon.”

“Controversial proposals, once accepted, soon become hallowed.”

“No people in history have ever survived who thought they could protect their freedom by making themselves inoffensive to their enemies”

“We have actively sought and are actively seeking to make the United Nations an effective instrument of international cooperation”

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

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

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

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

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

The future comes one day at a time.

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