Dean Rusk
Dean Rusk
David Dean Ruskwas the United States Secretary of State from 1961 to 1969 under presidents John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson. Rusk is the joint-second-longest serving U.S. Secretary of State of all time, behind only Cordell Hull and tied with William H. Seward...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth9 February 1909
CityCherokee County, GA
CountryUnited States of America
life advice way
The best way to persuade is with your ears.
concession moral slightest
I wouldn't make the slightest concession for moral leadership. It's much overrated.
fellow
We're eyeball to eyeball and the other fellow just blinked.
fellow
We're eyeball to eyeball and I think the other fellow just blinked.
gives kicked states tried united
We have tried to make it clear that the United States is not just an old cow that gives more milk the more it is kicked in the flanks.
best ears persuade ways
One of the best ways to persuade others is with your ears by listening to them.
best people persuade
The best way to persuade people is with your ears - by listening to them.
We were eyeball-to-eyeball and the other fellow just blinked.
change pay firsts
If you don't pay attention to the periphery, the periphery changes and the first thing you know the periphery is the center.
war thinking cuban-missile-crisis
We're eyeball to eyeball...and I think the other fellow just blinked.
air doe situation
Continuity does not rule out fresh approaches to fresh situations.
giving cows milk
The United States is not just an old cow that gives more milk the more it's kicked in the flanks
evil people half
The usual cause of evil in the world is that at any given time half the people in the world are awake.
sleep two world
While we are sleeping, two-thirds of the world is plotting to do us in.