The manner in which one endures what must be endured is more important than the thing that must be endured. – Dean Acheson
The first requirement of a statesman is that he be dull. This is not always easy to achieve. – Dean Acheson
The manner in which one endures what must be endured is more important than the thing that must be endured. – Dean Acheson
The first requirement of a statesman is that he be dull. This is not always easy to achieve. – Dean Acheson
A memorandum is written not to inform the reader but to protect the writer. – Dean Acheson
A memorandum is not written to inform the reader, but to protect the writer. – Dean Acheson
Inauthenticity is endemic in American politics today. The political backrooms where I spent much of my career were just as benighted as my personal life, equally crowded with shadowy strangers and compromises, truths I hoped to deny. I lived not in one closet but in many. – James McGreevey