Dean Rusk
When you solve a problem, you ought to thank God and go on to the next one.Collection: Thankful
The best way to persuade people is with your ears - by listening to them.Collection: Best
One of the best ways to persuade others is with your ears by listening to them.
The United States is not just an old cow that gives more milk the more it's kicked in the flanks.
Continuity does not rule out fresh approaches to fresh situations.
We were eyeball-to-eyeball and the other fellow just blinked.
While we are sleeping, two-thirds of the world is plotting to do us in.
The usual cause of evil in the world is that at any given time half the people in the world are awake.
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.
Give a member of Congress a junket and a mimeograph machine and he thinks he is secretary of state.
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.
One of the best ways to persuade others is by listening to them.Collection: Listening Ear
We're eyeball to eyeball...and I think the other fellow just blinked.Collection: War
Appeasement only makes the aggressor more aggressive.Collection: Appeasement
If you don't pay attention to the periphery, the periphery changes and the first thing you know the periphery is the center.Collection: Change
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.Collection: Time
Give a member of Congress a junket and a mimeograph machine and he thinks he is secretary of stateCollection: Thinking
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.Collection: Moving
The best way to persuade is with your ears.Collection: Life
The United States is not just an old cow that gives more milk the more it's kicked in the flanksCollection: Giving
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.Collection: Rights
The fidelity of the United States to security treaties is not just an empty matter. It is a pillar of peace in the world.Collection: Peace