Dean Acheson Professions : Former United States Secretary of State Born : April 11, 1893 Died : October 12, 1971 Browse All Authors Top 45 quotes by Dean Acheson I will undoubtedly have to seek what is happily known as gainful employment, which I am glad to say does not describe holding public office. Dean Acheson office doe work The task of a public officer seeking to explain and gain support for a major policy is not that of the writer of a doctoral thesis, qualification must give way to simplicity of statement, nicety and nuance to bluntness, almost brutality, in carrying home a point. Dean Acheson top-news The great corrupter of public man is the ego. Looking at the mirror distracts one's attention from the problem. Dean Acheson mirror great man ego Negotiating in the classic diplomatic sense assumes parties more anxious to agree than to disagree. Dean Acheson sense than more classic It is worse than immoral, it's a mistake. Dean Acheson worse than immoral mistake Similar Authors Alexander Haig former-united-states-secretary-of-state Dean Rusk former-united-states-secretary-of-state Hillary Clinton former-united-states-secretary-of-state Condoleezza Rice former-united-states-secretary-of-state Cordell Hull former-united-states-secretary-of-state Colin Powell former-united-states-secretary-of-state All Authors