I think Churchill is right, the only thing to be said for democracy is that there is nothing else that's any better, and therefore he used to say, Tyranny tempered by assassination, but lots of assassination. People say, If the Congress were more representative of the people it would be better. I say the Congress is too damn representative. It's just as stupid as the people are; just as uneducated, just as dumb, just as selfish.
Dean AchesonThe most important aspect of the relationship between the president and the secretary of state is that they both understand who is president.
Dean Acheson[President Truman] was free of the greatest vice in a leader, his ego never came between him and his job.
Dean Acheson