Of all tasks of government the most basic is to protect its citizens against violence.
John Foster DullesThe 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 DullesA capacity to change is indispensable. Equally indispensable is the capacity to hold fast to that which is good.
John Foster Dulles