Quote by Dean Acheson
No people in history have ever survived who thought they could pro

No people in history have ever survived who thought they could protect their freedom by making themselves inoffensive to their enemies. – 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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Diplomacy
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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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Freedom
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Responsibility is the price of freedom. – Elbert Hubbard

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Freedom

When public access to voting is impaired or when public confidence in voting is diluted, democracy suffers and our freedom is less secure. – DeForest Soaries

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Freedom

A nation which makes the final sacrifice for life and freedom does not get beaten. – Kemal Ataturk

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Freedom

My daughters, your daughters, our daughters deserve safety, protection, and the freedom to make their own choices about their personal lives and their physical selves. – Carre Otis

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Freedom

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Martin Luther King, Jr. didnt carry just a piece of cloth to symbolize his belief in racial equality he carried the American flag. – Adrian Cronauer

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The dubbing of the music and effects is really incredible today. Youre feeling gun shots. I mean, its not the way people say it is, but the gunshot sounds real. And cars sound real. Among the many things in the evolution (of movies) is to make the sound in the movie incredible. Thats what you feel. – Joel Silver

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Until you have lost your reputation, you never realize what a burden it was or what freedom really is. – Margaret Mitchell

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For Gods sake (I never was more serious) dont make me ridiculous any more by terming me gentle-hearted in print… substitute drunken dog, ragged head, seld-shaven, odd-eyed, stuttering, or any other epithet which truly and properly belongs to the gentleman in question. – Charles Lamb

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Reputation