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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A computer will not make a good manager out of a bad manager. It makes a good manager better faster and a bad manager worse faster. – Edward Esber

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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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Incidents should not govern policy; but, policy incidents. – Napoleon Bonaparte

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Not to watch your workmen is to lose your money. – Proverb

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If you are going to doubt something, doubt your limits. – Don Ward

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I should like to know what is the proper function of women, if it is not to make reasons for husbands to stay at home, and still stronger reasons for bachelors to go out. – George Eliot, The Mill on the Floss

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First keep peace with yourself, then you can also bring peace to others. – Thomas a Kempis

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I havent got the slightest idea how to change people, but still I keep a long list of prospective candidates just in case I should ever figure it out. – David Sedaris

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