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Said Dulles, as he departed: "I believe that no Soviet efforts can prevail against our constructive purposes and I hope that they will not be tried. If the Soviet leaders come to Berlin with a genuine desire to create conditions of peace, they will find us open-minded and cooperative, and we can together do much good for Germany and Austria and, indeed, for Europe and the world." The other, unspoken "if" was written through the budget message...
...will also have to close down eventually, and Papini's heart has its reasons for this, too. "Many Christians . . . think that a God who is truly a father cannot torture his children eternally . . . that, at the end of time, that is, the present world, mercy will have to prevail over justice. If this were not so, we must think that Christ's own Father is not a perfect Christian...
...Impotence-that is the flaw of our men of power . . . The statesman worthy of the name is the one who can make his own designs prevail over the passions of a Parliament, as he would be able, were he dictator and absolute master, to reduce to silence his own passions. Such is the gift of persuasion and of leadership which has been bestowed on none of our weak rulers...
...also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against...
...regime was wavering between a continuation of Stalin's tough policy and trying out a softer one. The East German riots of June 17 convinced them that softness was taken to be weakness; and Adenauer's success in West Germany convinced them that they would never prevail in a united Germany. Better half a Germany than none: they decided to stand behind their East German puppets, and to dodge any big power conference where the West would be negotiating from unprecedented strength...