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We have actively sought and are actively seeking to make the United Nations an effective instrument of international cooperation.
By Dean Acheson
You see, you all start with the premise that democracy is some good. I don't think it's worth a damn. I think Churchill is right, the only thing to be said for democracy is that there is nothing else that's any better, and therefore he used to say, Tyranny tempered by assassination, but lots of assassination. People say, If the Congress were more representative of the people it would be better. I say the Congress is too damn representative. It's just as stupid as the people are; just as uneducated, just as dumb, just as selfish. You know the Congress is a perfect example, and created to be a perfect example.
By Dean Acheson
The great corrupter of public man is the ego....Looking at the mirror distracts one's attention from the problem.
By Dean Acheson
Negotiation in the classic diplomatic sense assumes parties more anxious to agree than to disagree.
By Dean Acheson
The manner in which one endures what must be endured is more important than the thing that must be endured.
By Dean Acheson