"Great Britain has lost an Empire and has not yet found a role."

"The first requirement of a statesman is that he be dull. This is not always easy to achieve."

"I am willing to join in your statement on the ground that I feel about the future of the United States whenever the P…"

"A memorandum is written not to inform the reader but to protect the writer."

"How could the USA champion individual freedom in the world generally while denying it to an important minority in its…"

"The experiences of the years...have brought the country, particularly its young people, to a mood of depression, disi…"

"In response, Acheson wrote to "tell a tale of large conceptions, great achievements...Its hero is the American people.""

"Plainly plenty of work was waiting to be done. The question was: would the State Department do it? I proposed to have…"

"General Marshall was "impatient with a type of nonsense particularly prevalent in the State Department known as 'kick…"

"I will undoubtedly have to seek what is happily known as gainful employment, which I am glad to say does not describe…"