The Soviets sought not a place in the sun, but the sun itself. Their objective was the world. They would not tolerate compromise on goals, only on tactics. — John Foster Dulles Copy Share Image
Peace will never be won if men reserve for war their greatest efforts, Peace, too, requires well-directed and sustained sacrificial endeavor. Given that, we can, I believe, achieve the great goal of our foreign policy, that of enabling our people… — John Foster Dulles Copy Share Image
The United States of America does not have friends; it has interests. — John Foster Dulles Copy Share Image
The principle of neutrality ... has increasingly become an obsolete conception, and, except under very special circumstances, it is an immoral and shortsighted conception. — John Foster Dulles Copy Share Image
The United Nations was not set up to be a reformatory. It was assumed that you would be good before you got in and… — John Foster Dulles Copy Share Image
Economic and military power can be developed under the spur of laws and appropriations. But moral power does not derive from any act of… — John Foster Dulles Copy Share Image
The United Nations represents not a final stage in the development of world order, but only a primitive stage. Therefore its primary task is… — John Foster Dulles Copy Share Image
Somehow we find it hard to sell our values, namely that the rich should plunder the poor. — John Foster Dulles Copy Share Image
Of all tasks of government the most basic is to protect its citizens against violence. — John Foster Dulles Copy Share Image
The world will never have lasting peace so long as men reserve for war the finest human qualities. Peace, no less than war, requires… — John Foster Dulles Copy Share Image
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… — John Foster Dulles Copy Share Image
Peace can be a cover whereby evil men can perpetrate diabolical wrongs. — John Foster Dulles Copy Share Image
Our institutions of freedom will not survive unless they are constantly replenished by the faith that gave them birth. — John Foster Dulles Copy Share Image
In order to bring a nation to support the burdens of maintaining great military establishments, it is necessary to create an emotional state akin… — John Foster Dulles Copy Share Image
