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No written law has ever been more binding than unwritten custom supported by popular opinion.
Dean Acheson
Born: April 11, 1893
Died: October 12, 1971 (aged 78)
Bio: Dean Gooderham Acheson was an American statesman and lawyer. As United States Secretary of State in the administration of President Harry S. Truman from 1949 to 1953, he played a central role in defining American foreign policy during the Cold War.
Known for:
- The Korean war (1971)
- Fragments of my fleece (1971)
- U.S.A. - U.S.S.R.: Allies for Peace
- The struggle for a free Europe (1971)
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