Dean Rusk quotes

Dean Rusk was an American diplomat who served as U.S. Secretary of State during the Kennedy and Johnson administrations. A key figure in shaping American foreign policy during the Cold War, he played a significant role in events such as the Cuban Missile Crisis and the Vietnam War. He is remembered for his steady leadership and his impact on U.S. international relations in a turbulent era. Here are 9 of his quotes:

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

Dean Rusk

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

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

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

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

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

Dean Rusk