Dulles

Dulles may refer to:

  • John Foster Dulles (1888–1959), United States Secretary of State from 1953–1959
    • Washington Dulles International Airport, major airport in Northern Virginia in the Washington, D.C. area, named after John Foster Dulles
      • Dulles, Virginia, community named after the airport
    • Dulles High School (Sugar Land, Texas), public high school named after John Foster Dulles
  • Allen Welsh Dulles (1893–1969), former head of the Central Intelligence Agency, sibling of John Foster Dulles
  • Eleanor Lansing Dulles (1895–1996), economist and diplomat, sibling of Allen and John Foster Dulles
  • Avery Dulles (1918–2008), cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church, son of John Foster Dulles

Famous quotes containing the word dulles:

    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.... We walked to the brink and we looked it in the face.
    —John Foster Dulles (1888–1959)

    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 (1888–1959)

    We walked to the brink and we looked it in the face.
    —John Foster Dulles (1888–1959)