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The great corrupter of public man is the ego....Looking at the mir

The great corrupter of public man is the ego….Looking at the mirror distracts ones attention from the problem. – Dean Acheson

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

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