The great corrupter of public men is the ego - corrupter because distracter. Wealth, sensuality, power cannot hold a candle to it. Looking in the mirror distracts one's attention from the problem.
Dean AchesonThe best thing about the future is that it comes only one day at a time. The best thing about the future is that it comes only one day at a time.
Dean Acheson[President Truman] was free of the greatest vice in a leader, his ego never came between him and his job.
Dean AchesonI learned from the example of my father that the manner in which one endures what must be endured is more important than the thing that must be endured.
Dean Acheson