To leave positions of great responsibility and authority is to die a little, but the time comes when that must be faced.
Dean Acheson[President Truman] was free of the greatest vice in a leader, his ego never came between him and his job.
Dean AchesonLike apples in a barrel infected by one rotten one, the corruption of Greece would infect Iran and all to the east. It would also carry infection to Africa through Asia Minor and Egypt, and to Europe through Italy and France, already threatened by the strongest domestic Communist parties in Western Europe. The Soviet Union was playing one of the greatest gambles in history at minimal cost. It did not need to will all the possibilities. Even one or two offered immense gains. We and we alone were in a position to break up the play.
Dean Acheson