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
Dean Acheson quotes about
The great corrupter of public man is the ego. Looking at the mirror distracts one's attention from the problem.
Negotiating in the classic diplomatic sense assumes parties more anxious to agree than to disagree.
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.
When I walk into my office, the other portraits that I look at in addition to (Thomas) Jefferson, the portraits of George Marshall, but especially Dean Acheson.
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.