"The United Nations was not set up to be a reformatory. It was assumed that you would be good before you got in and not that being in would make you good."

John Foster Dulles, American Public Servant

Being, Nations, United

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"The United Nations was not set up to be a reformatory. It was assumed that you would be good before you got in and not that being in would make you good."

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"There is no duty we so much underrate as the duty of being happy. By being happy we sow anonymous benefits upon the world."

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"There is more pleasure in loving than in being beloved."

Thomas Fuller, English Clergyman

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"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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