1888-1959, American Republican Secretary of State
Of all tasks of government the most basic is to protect its citizens against violence.
John Foster Dulles – [Government]
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.
John Foster Dulles – [Decisions]
Our capacity to retaliate must be, and is, massive in order to deter all forms of aggression.
John Foster Dulles – [Defense]
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.
John Foster Dulles – [Arms Race]
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.
John Foster Dulles – [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.
John Foster Dulles – [United Nations]