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

A memorandum is written not 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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Wednesdays are like Mondays in the middle of the week! – Lee Fox Williams

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He had to spend his evenings bruising two fingers on a typewriter, making out reports in duplicate, triplicate, infinity, and confusion. – Federal Works Agency Work Projects Administration, Montana: A State Guide Book

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More men are killed by overwork than the importance of this world justifies. – Rudyard Kipling

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I have never liked working. To me a job is an invasion of privacy. – Danny McGoorty

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