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.

Quote by John Foster Dulles

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

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

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.

The ability to get to the verge without getting into the war is the necessary...

The ability to get to the verge without getting into the war is the necessary...

I wouldn't attach too much importance to these student riots. I remember when I was...

I wouldn't attach too much importance to these student riots. I remember when I was...

The world will never have lasting peace so long as men reserve for war the...

The world will never have lasting peace so long as men reserve for war the...

The measure of success is not whether you have a tough problem to deal with,...

The measure of success is not whether you have a tough problem to deal with,...

We walked to the brink and we looked it in the face.

We walked to the brink and we looked it in the face.

The world will never have lasting peace so long as men reserve for war the...

The world will never have lasting peace so long as men reserve for war the...

Once - many, many years ago - I thought I made a wrong decision. Of...

Once - many, many years ago - I thought I made a wrong decision. Of...

There are plenty of problems in the world, many of them interconnected. But there is...

There are plenty of problems in the world, many of them interconnected. But there is...

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.

Mankind will never win lasting peace so long as men use their full resources only...

Mankind will never win lasting peace so long as men use their full resources only...