As far as we were concerned, we were operators, we were administrators. I don't ever recall going to Dean Acheson and asking for any counsel or advice on administration, but I had the greatest respect for him, as I have today.
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The greatest mistake I made was not to die in office.
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No Respect
Respect,
Always everybody looking for some
Respect,
Who do you think youre gonna get it from
Respect,
Anybody here deserving of none
Respect,
Tell me what makes you think
Youre not the one
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No respect, no respect none
No respect, no respect none
No respect, no respect none
Respect,
Why be concerned with
Public adulation
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Pat on the back crying
For attention
Respect,
Finding out what it really
Means to me
Respect,
Honor comes only after
Humility
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The first requirement of a statesman is that he be dull.
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The best thing about the future is that it comes only one day at a time.
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Always remember that the future comes one day at a time.
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The future comes one day at a time.
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It is worse than immoral, it's a mistake.
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The thing to remember is that that the future comes one day at a time.
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Controversial proposals, once accepted, soon become hallowed.
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A memorandum is written not to inform the reader but to protect the writer.
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Great Britain has lost an empire and has not yet found a role.
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The great corrupter of public man is the ego. Looking at the mirror distracts one's attention from the problem.
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A memorandum is written not to inform the reader but to protect the writer.
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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.
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Washington is like a self-sealing tank on a military aircraft. When a bullet passes through, it closes up.
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No people in history have ever survived who thought they could protect their freedom by making themselves inoffensive to their enemies.
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Negotiating in the classic diplomatic sense assumes parties more anxious to agree than to disagree.
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Negotiation in the classic diplomatic sense assumes parties more anxious to agree than to disagree.
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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.
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Time spent in the advertising business seems to create a permanent deformity like the Chinese habit of foot-binding.
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