Circumstances Quote by 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.” quote by John Foster Dulles — Download Open 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

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