Top 22 Quotes & Sayings by Dean Rusk

Explore popular quotes and sayings by an American diplomat Dean Rusk.

Last updated on December 18, 2024.

David Dean Rusk was the United States Secretary of State from 1961 to 1969 under presidents John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson, the second-longest serving Secretary of State after Cordell Hull from the Franklin Roosevelt administration. He had been a high government official in the 1940s and early 1950s, as well as the head of a leading foundation. He is cited as one of the two officers responsible for dividing the two Koreas at the 38th parallel.

American - Diplomat | February 9, 1909 - December 20, 1994

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

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

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

Dean Rusk

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

Dean Rusk

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

Dean Rusk

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

Dean Rusk

The best way to persuade people 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

Continuity does not rule out fresh approaches to fresh situations.

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.

Dean Rusk

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

Dean Rusk

One third of the people of the world are asleep at any given moment. The other two thirds are awake and probably stirring up trouble somewhere.

Dean Rusk

Appeasement only makes the aggressor more aggressive.

Dean Rusk

The best way to persuade is with your ears.

Dean Rusk

Let me say with a Georgia accent that we cannot solve this problem if it requires a diplomatic passport to claim the rights of an American citizen.

Dean Rusk

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

Dean Rusk

The pace of events is moving so fast that unless we can find some way to keep our sights on tomorrow, we cannot expect to be in touch with today.

Dean Rusk

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

Dean Rusk

If you don't pay attention to the periphery, the periphery changes and the first thing you know the periphery is the center.

Dean Rusk

We're eyeball to eyeball...and I think the other fellow just blinked.

Dean Rusk

The fidelity of the United States to security treaties is not just an empty matter. It is a pillar of peace in the world.

Dean Rusk

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

Dean Rusk

Top 22 Quotes & Sayings by Dean Rusk

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