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Brinkmanship2 quotes
We're eyeball to eyeball, and I think the other fellow just blinked. — Dean Rusk · 1962You 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. — John Foster Dulles · 1956Cold War1 quote
We're eyeball to eyeball, and I think the other fellow just blinked. — Dean Rusk · 1962Cuban Missile Crisis1 quote
We're eyeball to eyeball, and I think the other fellow just blinked. — Dean Rusk · 1962Nuclear weapons1 quote
We're eyeball to eyeball, and I think the other fellow just blinked. — Dean Rusk · 1962Taking risks1 quote
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. — John Foster Dulles · 1956War1 quote
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. — John Foster Dulles · 1956