Talk:Dean Acheson

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• I doubt very much if a man whose main literary interests were in works by Mr Zane Grey, admirable as they may be, is particularly equipped to be the chief executive of this country, particularly where Indian Affairs are concerned. (said of Dwight D. Eisenhower)

• A memorandum is written not to inform the reader but to protect the writer.

• The thing is to remember that the future comes one day at a time.

• Washington is like a self-sealing tank on a military aircraft. When a bullet passes through, it closes up.