Dean Acheson Quotes

“The best thing about the future is that it comes only one day at a time.”

“A memorandum is written to protect the writer - not to inform his reader.”

“The future comes one day at a time.”

“The future comes one day at a time.”

“Negotiation in the classic diplomatic sense assumes parties more anxious to agree than to disagree.”

“The first requirement of a statesman is that he be dull. This is not always easy to achieve.”

“Great Britain has lost an empire and has not yet found a role.”

“Americans assume Canada to be bestowed as a right and accept this bounty as they do air without thought or appreciation.”

“Always remember that the future comes one day at a time.”

“I don't see the wisdom in modern politicians that I once saw in men like Dean Acheson, David Bruce, or George Marshall. In my day, the northeastern establishment dominated foreign policy formulation, but the composition and distribution of our population is very different today.”