"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."
-John Foster Dulles
WarView Quote
"Of all tasks of government the most basic is to protect its citizens against violence.“
-John Foster Dulles
posted in Government
Other Quotes by John Foster Dulles
Discover more inspiring quotes by John Foster Dulles
"Mankind will never win lasting peace so long as men use their full resources only in tasks of war. While we are yet at peace, let us mobilize the potentialities, particularly the moral and spiritual potentialities, which we usually reserve for war."
-John Foster Dulles
WarView Quote
"I wouldn't attach too much importance to these student riots. I remember when I was a student at the Sorbonne in Paris, I used to go out and riot occasionally."
-John Foster Dulles
HistoryView Quote
"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."
-John Foster Dulles
SuccessView Quote
"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
WarView Quote
"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."
-John Foster Dulles
PoliticsView Quote
Same Category
More quotes in this category
"Government exists to protect us from each other. Where government has gone beyond its limits is in deciding to protect us from ourselves."
-Ronald Reagan
GovernmentView Quote
"Disbelief in magic can force a poor soul into believing in government and business."
-Tom Robbins
GovernmentView Quote
"Every country has the government it deserves."
-Joseph de Maistre
GovernmentView Quote
"Common sense tells us that the government's attempts to solve large problems more often create new ones. Common sense also tells us that a top-down, one-size-fits-all plan will not improve the workings of a nationwide health-care system that accounts for one-sixth of our economy."
-Sarah Palin
GovernmentView Quote
"What is ominous is the ease with which some people go from saying that they don't like something to saying that the government should forbid it. When you go down that road, don't expect freedom to survive very long."
-Thomas Sowell
GovernmentView Quote
"The only sure bulwark of continuing liberty is a government strong enough to protect the interests of the people, and a people strong enough and well enough informed to maintain its sovereign control over the goverment."
-Franklin D. Roosevelt
GovernmentView Quote