You have to take chances for peace, just as you must take chances in war. Some say that we were brought to the verge of war, of course we were brought to the verge of war. The 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. We've had to look it square in the face. We walked to the brink and we looked it in the face. We took strong action.
John Foster Dulles, born on this day in 1888, from a January 16, 1956 Life article, "How Dulles Averted War"
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