There is a thin line between peace of the brave and peace of the hostage... between compromise - even calculated risk - and irresponsibility and capitulation.

Between calculated risk and reckless decision-making lies the dividing line between profit and loss.

I think there's a difference between a gamble and a calculated risk.

When I take a risk, I like it to be a calculated risk, meaning I make it as small as possible.

hopeful that, in response to our readiness to take calculated risk, without violating our national interest, that the other side will be able to show some level of flexibility and openness.

Pouring concrete on land you don't own is called a calculated risk, if you don't pour you loose millions.