Quote by Dean Acheson
A memorandum is not written to inform the reader, but to protect t

A memorandum is not written to inform the reader, but to protect the writer. – 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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The manager with the in basket problem does not yet understand that he must discipline himself to take care of activities that fail to excite him. – Pricilla Elfrey

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To supervise people, you must either surpass them in their accomplishments or despise them. – Benjamin Disraeli

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There is no class of people so hard to manage in a state, as those whose intentions are honest, but whose consciences are bewitched. – Napoleon Bonaparte

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Most management-speak is, as Schrijvers points out, Panglossian balderdash designed to lull the weak and credulous – Anon.

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