Quote by Dean Acheson
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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The manner in which one endures what must be endured is more important than the thing that must be endured. – Dean Acheson

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