Dulles, John Foster quotes
1888-1959 American Republican Secretary of StateOur capacity to retaliate must be, and is, massive in order to deter all forms of aggression.
Dulles, John Foster
Defense
Once -- many, many years ago -- I thought I made a wrong decision. Of course, it turned out that I had been right all along. But I was wrong to have thought that I was wrong.
Dulles, John Foster
Decisions
Of all tasks of government the most basic is to protect its citizens against violence.
Dulles, John Foster
Government
The measure of success is not whether you have a tough problem to deal with, but whether it s the same problem you had last year.
Dulles, John Foster
Success
The United Nations was not set up to be a reformatory. It was assumed that you would be good before you got in and not that being in would make you good.
Dulles, John Foster
United Nations
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.
Dulles, John Foster
Arms Race