The best environment for diplomacy is found where mutual confidence between governments exists.
~ Dean Acheson

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It is a mistake to interpret too literally and sweepingly the poet’s admonition that things are not what they seem. Sometimes they are, and it is often essential to survival to know when they are and when they are not.
~ Dean Acheson

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Great Britain has lost an Empire and has not yet found a role.
~ Dean Acheson

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