"Of all tasks of government the most basic is to protect its citizens against violence." ― John Foster Dulles Topic(s): Government More From John Foster Dulles "The world will never have lasting peace so long as men reserve for war the finest human qualities. Peace, no less than war, requires idealism and self-sacrifice and a righteous and dynamic faith." "I wouldn’t attach too much importance to these student riots. I remember when I was a student at the Sorbonne in Paris, I used to go out and riot occasionally." "The measure of success is not whether you have a tough problem to deal with, but whether it is the same problem you had last year." More In Government "I don’t know people who don’t say, boy the government is working better now."― Andrew Cuomo "Sure there are dishonest men in local government. But there are dishonest men in national government too."― Richard M. Nixon "Government has no other end, but the preservation of property."― John Locke