You have to take chances for peace, just as you must take chances in 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.
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Citation
Dulles, John Foster. "How Dulles Averted War: Three Times, New Disclosures Show, He Brought U.S. Back from the Brink." Interviewed by James Shepley. Life Magazine, 16 Jan. 1956.