Dean Rusk

David Dean Rusk (February 9, 1909 December 20, 1994) was the United States Secretary of State from 1961 to 1969 under presidents John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson.

4 Quotes

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

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

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.
— Dean Rusk