The ability to get to the verge without getting into the war is the necessary art. . . . if you are scared to go to the brink, you are lost.
Source: In How Dulles Averted War Life, by James Shepley 16 Jan 1956.
-- John Foster Dulles, (Feb 25 1888-1959), US government official; He was secretary of state, 1953-59, under President Eisenhower; architect of many major elements of U.S. foreign policy in the Cold War.