Best 13 quotes of Dean Rusk on MyQuotes

Continuity does not rule out fresh approaches to fresh situations.

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

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

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.

One of the best ways to persuade others is 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.

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.

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.

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

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

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

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