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John Foster Dulles Quotes: The ability to get to the verge without getting into the war is the necessary art. If you try to run away from it, if you are scared to go to the brink, you are lost
         

The ability to get to the verge without getting into the war is the necessary art. If you try to run away from it, if you are scared to go to the brink, you are lost


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If you are scared to go to the brink, you are lost.

If you are scared to go to the brink, you are lost.



The world will never have lasting peace so long as men reserve for war the finest human qualities. Peace, no less than war, requires idealism and self-sacrifice and a righteous and dynamic faith.

The world will never have lasting peace so long as men reserve for war the finest human qualities. Peace, no less than war, requires idealism and self-sacrifice and a righteous and dynamic faith.



The measure of success is not whether you have a tough problem to deal with, but whether it is the same problem you had last year.

The measure of success is not whether you have a tough problem to deal with, but whether it is the same problem you had last year.



A man's accomplishments in life are the cumulative effect of his attention to detail.

A man's accomplishments in life are the cumulative effect of his attention to detail.



The United States of America does not have friends; it has interests.

The United States of America does not have friends; it has interests.



The Soviets sought not a place in the sun, but the sun itself. Their objective was the world. They would not tolerate compromise on goals, only on tactics.

The Soviets sought not a place in the sun, but the sun itself. Their objective was the world. They would not tolerate compromise on goals, only on tactics.



The principle of neutrality ... has increasingly become an obsolete conception, and, except under very special circumstances, it is an immoral and shortsighted conception.

The principle of neutrality ... has increasingly become an obsolete conception, and, except under very special circumstances, it is an immoral and shortsighted conception.



Of all tasks of government the most basic is to protect its citizens against violence.

Of all tasks of government the most basic is to protect its citizens against violence.



Our capacity to retaliate must be, and is, massive in order to deter all forms of aggression

Our capacity to retaliate must be, and is, massive in order to deter all forms of aggression



A peaceful world is a world in which differences are tolerated, and are not eliminated by violence.

A peaceful world is a world in which differences are tolerated, and are not eliminated by violence.





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