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Great Britain has lost an empire and has not yet found a role.
— Dean Acheson
Tags: empire, found, lost, great

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If we learn the art of yielding what must be yielded to the changing present, we can save the best of the past.
— Dean Acheson
Tags: present, past, art, best
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
Tags: office, say, will, i-am
The great corrupter of public man is the ego. Looking at the mirror distracts one's attention from the problem.
— Dean Acheson
Tags: ego, mirror, great, man
The best thing about the future is that it comes only one day at a time.
— Dean Acheson
Tags: day, future, time, best
We have actively sought and are actively seeking to make the United Nations an effective instrument of international cooperation.
— Dean Acheson
Tags: make, united-nations, cooperation
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