Adlai Stevenson II Quote

We hear the Secretary of State boasting of his brinkmanship — the art of bringing us to the edge of the abyss.


Referring to Secretary of State John Foster Dulles, in a speech in Hartford, Connecticut (25 February 1956)


We hear the Secretary of State boasting of his brinkmanship — the art of bringing us to the edge of the abyss.

We hear the Secretary of State boasting of his brinkmanship — the art of bringing us to the edge of the abyss.

We hear the Secretary of State boasting of his brinkmanship — the art of bringing us to the edge of the abyss.

We hear the Secretary of State boasting of his brinkmanship — the art of bringing us to the edge of the abyss.