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> [Somehow we find it hard to sell our values, namely that the rich should plunder the poor.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-foster-dulles/somehow-we-find-it-hard-to-sell-our-values-namely-that-the-rich/)

[John Foster Dulles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-foster-dulles/)

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## More by John Foster Dulles

> [The United States of America does not have friends; it has interests.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-foster-dulles/the-united-states-of-america-does-not-have-friends-it-has-interests/)

[John Foster Dulles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-foster-dulles/)

> [The principle of neutrality ... has increasingly become an obsolete conception, and, except under very special circumstances, it is an immoral and shortsighted conception.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-foster-dulles/the-principle-of-neutrality-has-increasingly-become-an-obsolete/)

[John Foster Dulles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-foster-dulles/)

> [The United Nations was not set up to be a reformatory. It was assumed that you would be good before you got in and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-foster-dulles/the-united-nations-was-not-set-up-to-be-a-reformatory-it-was-assumed/)

[John Foster Dulles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-foster-dulles/)

> [Economic and military power can be developed under the spur of laws and appropriations. But moral power does not derive from any act of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-foster-dulles/economic-and-military-power-can-be-developed-under-the-spur-of-laws/)

[John Foster Dulles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-foster-dulles/)

> [The United Nations represents not a final stage in the development of world order, but only a primitive stage. Therefore its primary task is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-foster-dulles/the-united-nations-represents-not-a-final-stage-in-the-development-of/)

[John Foster Dulles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-foster-dulles/)

> [Somehow we find it hard to sell our values, namely that the rich should plunder the poor.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-foster-dulles/somehow-we-find-it-hard-to-sell-our-values-namely-that-the-rich/)

[John Foster Dulles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-foster-dulles/)

> [Of all tasks of government the most basic is to protect its citizens against violence.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-foster-dulles/of-all-tasks-of-government-the-most-basic-is-to-protect-its-citizens/)

[John Foster Dulles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-foster-dulles/)

> [The world will never have lasting peace so long as men reserve for war the finest human qualities. Peace, no less than war, requires…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-foster-dulles/the-world-will-never-have-lasting-peace-so-long-as-men-reserve-for/)

[John Foster Dulles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-foster-dulles/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-foster-dulles/i-wouldn-t-attach-too-much-importance-to-these-student-riots-i/)

[John Foster Dulles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-foster-dulles/)

> [Peace can be a cover whereby evil men can perpetrate diabolical wrongs.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-foster-dulles/peace-can-be-a-cover-whereby-evil-men-can-perpetrate-diabolical-wrongs/)

[John Foster Dulles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-foster-dulles/)

> [Our institutions of freedom will not survive unless they are constantly replenished by the faith that gave them birth.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-foster-dulles/our-institutions-of-freedom-will-not-survive-unless-they-are/)

[John Foster Dulles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-foster-dulles/)

> [In order to bring a nation to support the burdens of maintaining great military establishments, it is necessary to create an emotional state akin…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-foster-dulles/in-order-to-bring-a-nation-to-support-the-burdens-of-maintaining/)

[John Foster Dulles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-foster-dulles/)

> [You have to take chances for peace, just as you must take chances in war. Some say that we were brought to the verge…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-foster-dulles/you-have-to-take-chances-for-peace-just-as-you-must-take-chances-in/)

[John Foster Dulles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-foster-dulles/)

> [Once - many, many years ago - I thought I made a wrong decision. Of course, it turned out that I had been right…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-foster-dulles/once-many-many-years-ago-i-thought-i-made-a-wrong-decision-of-course/)

[John Foster Dulles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-foster-dulles/)

> [We walked to the brink and we looked it in the face.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-foster-dulles/we-walked-to-the-brink-and-we-looked-it-in-the-face/)

[John Foster Dulles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-foster-dulles/)

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