Quotes by Dean Rusk

About Dean Rusk:

David Dean Rusk is the joint-second-longest serving U.S. Secretary of State of all time, behind only Cordell Hull and tied with William H. Seward.
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The best way to persuade people is with your ears - by listening to them.

Dean Rusk

One of the best ways to persuade others is with your ears by listening to them.

Dean Rusk

When you solve a problem, you ought to thank God and go on to the next one.

Dean Rusk

We were eyeball-to-eyeball and the other fellow just blinked.

Dean Rusk

Give a member of Congress a junket and a mimeograph machine and he thinks he is secretary of state.

Dean Rusk

The United States is not just an old cow that gives more milk the more it's kicked in the flanks.

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While we are sleeping, two-thirds of the world is plotting to do us in.

Dean Rusk

Continuity does not rule out fresh approaches to fresh situations.

Dean Rusk

We have tried to make it clear that the United States is not just an old cow that gives more milk the more it is kicked in the flanks.

Dean Rusk

Physicists and astronomers see their own implications in the world being round, but to me it means that only one-third of the world is asleep at any given time and the other two-thirds is up to something.

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The usual cause of evil in the world is that at any given time half the people in the world are awake.

Dean Rusk

Author Bio

  • NameDean Rusk
  • DescriptionUnited States Secretary of State
  • BornFebruary 9, 1909
  • DiedDecember 20, 1994
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionPolitician; Lawyer; Diplomat
  • AwardsKnight Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire; Legionnaire Of Legion Of Merit; Presidential Medal Of Freedom