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Dean Acheson

"The most important aspect of the relationship between the president and the secretary of state is that they both understand who is president."

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"The most important aspect of the relationship between the president and the secretary of state is that they both understand who is president."

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"But even the President of the United States sometimes must have to stand naked."

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"When asked for your views, by the press or others, remember that what they really want to know is the President's views."

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"If I hadn't been President of the United States, I probably would have ended up a piano player in a bawdy house."

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"Well, when you come down to it, I don't see that a reporter could do much to a president, do you?"

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