Creative Quotations from . . .
Dean Acheson
(1893-1971) born on Apr 11
US "lawyer, statesman". "He was prominent in the development of the Truman Doctrine, the Marshall Plan and NATO."
 
   
F
I will undoubtedly have to seek what is happily known as gainful employment, which I am glad to say does not describe holding public office."

R
The first requirement of a statesman is that he be dull. This is not always easy to achieve.
A
A memorandum is written not to inform the reader but to protect the writer.
N
The greatest mistake I made was not to die in office.
K
The manner in which one endures what must be endured is more important than the thing that must be endured.


Published Sources for the above Quotations:
F: "On retiring to private life; in "Time," 22 Dec 1952."
R: "In "Oxford Dictionary of Modern Quotations," by Tony Augarde, 1991."
A: ""The Wall Street Journal," 8 Oct 1977."
N: "After listening to funeral eulogies for his successor John Foster Dulles; News Summaries, 27 Mar 1959."
K: "In "Plain Speaking: An Oral Biography of Harry S. Truman.""



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