Famous quote by Dean Acheson

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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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This quote is written / told by Dean Acheson between April 11, 1893 and October 12, 1971. He/she was a famous Statesman from USA. The author also have 18 other quotes.

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"A leader is best when people barely know he exists, when his work is done, his aim fulfilled, they will say: we did it ourselves"

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"Buildings should serve people, not the other way around"

"As soon as laws are necessary for men, they are no longer fit for freedom"

"Borders? I have never seen one. But I have heard they exist in the minds of some people"

"Sarcasm: the last refuge of modest and chaste-souled people when the privacy of their soul is coarsely and intrusively invaded"

"People with many interests live, not only longest, but happiest"

"First-rate people hire first-rate people; second-rate people hire third-rate people"

"The Oscar changed everything. Better salary, working with better people, better projects, more exposure, less privacy"

"The past actually happened but history is only what someone wrote down"

"It does not take a majority to prevail... but rather an irate, tireless minority, keen on setting brushfires of freedom in the minds of men"