Dean Acheson
Dean Acheson
Dean Gooderham Achesonwas an American statesman and lawyer. As United States Secretary of State in the administration of President Harry S. Truman from 1949 to 1953, he played a central role in defining American foreign policy during the Cold War. Acheson helped design the Marshall Plan and was a key player in the development of the Truman Doctrine and creation of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth11 April 1893
CityMiddletown, CT
CountryUnited States of America
No people in history have ever survived who thought they could protect their freedom by making themselves inoffensive to their enemies.
A memorandum is written not to inform the reader but to protect the writer.
Always remember that the future comes one day at a time.
I learned from the example of my father that the manner in which one endures what must be endured is more important than the thing that must be endured.
The best thing about the future is that it comes only one day at a time. The best thing about the future is that it comes only one day at a time.
The future comes one day at a time.
The first requirement of a statesman is that he be dull. This is not always easy to achieve.