Creative Quotations from . . .
John Foster Dulles
(1888-1959) born on Feb 25
US government official. "He was secretary of state, 1953-59, under President Eisenhower; architect of many major elements of U.S. foreign policy in the Cold War."
 
   
F
A man's accomplishments in life are the cumulative effect of his attention to detail.

R
"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."
A
"Yes, once - many, many years ago. I thought I had 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."
N
"The ability to get to the verge without getting into the war is the necessary art. . . . if you are scared to go to the brink, you are lost."
K
"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."


Published Sources for the above Quotations:
F: "In "Dulles," by Leonard Mosley, 1978."
R:
A: ""Facing the Music," by H. Temianka."
N: "In "How Dulles Averted War" "Life," by James Shepley 16 Jan 1956."
K: "In "Pearls of Wisdom," ed. J. Agel and W. Glanze, 1987."



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