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

Other quotes by Dean Acheson

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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Ego
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The first requirement of a statesman is that he be dull. This is not always easy to achieve. – Dean Acheson

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Leadership
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If you want to give a man credit, put it in writing. If you want to give him hell, do it on the phone. – Charles Beacham

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Hire the best. Pay them fairly. Communicate frequently. Provide challenges and rewards. Believe in them. Get out of their way and theyll knock your socks off. – Mary Ann Allison

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

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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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He may be a very nice man. But I havent got the time to figure that out. All I know is, hes got a uniform and a gun and I have to relate to him that way. Thats the only way to relate to him because one of us may have to die. – James Baldwin

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You see, that is it with music, you never stop learning. – Dennis Brown

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People seldom notice old clothes if you wear a big smile. – Lee Mildon

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Dreams are excursions into the limbo of things, a semi-deliverance from the human prison. – Henri Amiel

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