Dean Rusk Quotations

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 best way to persuade people is with your ears - by listening to them.

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.

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

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

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

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.

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

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.

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

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

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

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

The best way to persuade is with your ears.

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

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.

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.

Appeasement only makes the aggressor more aggressive.

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.

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

I wouldn't make the slightest concession for moral leadership. It's much overrated.

I think we would be hard pressed to tell our own people why we are doing this with India when even the British won't do it or the Australians won't do it and the Canadians won't do it. We need to have those other flags flying on these joint enterprises.

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