United Nations Quotes - Page 14

• Had we taken all of Iraq, we would have been like a dinosaur in the tar pit - we would still be there, and we, not the United Nations, would be bearing the costs of that occupation.

  Norman Schwarzkopf

  Taken, Iraq, Would Be

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• There's no such thing as the United Nations. If the U.N. secretary building in New York lost 10 stories, it wouldn't make a bit of difference.

  John Bolton

  New York, Differences, Stories

  "Rand Paul Warns Donald Trump Not To Choose ‘Menace’ John Bolton As Secretary Of State" by Amanda Terkel, www.huffingtonpost.com. November 15, 2016.

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• Global warming people ignore nature; they ignore water vapor; they ignore sunspot cycles and sun activity. It's typical liberal guilt and politics wanting to blame western societies and lifestyles for causing all these problems because it leads to government and United Nations solutions, and that's where liberals like power vested. And of course when people come along and don't agree, they gotta be shut up.

  Rush Limbaugh

  Water, People, Guilt

  Source: www.rushlimbaugh.com

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• I think President Trump made his view of the Iran deal very clear before United Nations General Assembly, he considers it nothing short of an embarrassment. The simple truth is that transferring $1.7 billion in cash to the leading state sponsor of terrorism was a terrible idea. There is technical compliance and then there's the spirit of the agreement.

  Mike Pence

  Simple, Thinking, President

  Source: www.cbsnews.com

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• Just think of what Woodrow Wilson stood for: he stood for world government. He wanted an early United Nations, League of Nations. But it was the conservatives, Republicans, that stood up against him.

  Ron Paul

  Thinking, World Government, League

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• The United Nations organization has proclaimed 1979 as the Year of the Child. Are the children to receive the arms race from us as a necessary inheritance?

  Pope John Paul II

  Children, Race, Years

  Pope John Paul II (1980). “Pilgrimage of peace: the collected speeches of John Paul II in Ireland and the United States”, HarperCollins

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• The Palestinians want a state, but they have to give peace in return. What they're trying to do in the United Nations is to get a state without giving Israel peace or giving Israel peace and security. And I think that's, that's wrong. That should not succeed. That should, that should fail.

  Benjamin Netanyahu

  Thinking, Israel, Giving

  "One-on-one with Prime Minister Netanyahu". Interview with David Gregory, www.nbcnews.com. September 25, 2011.

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• The United Nations' founders understood that decisions affecting war and peace should happen only by consensus, and with America's consent, the veto by Security Council permanent members was enshrined in the United Nations Charter. The profound wisdom of this has underpinned the stability of international relations for decades.

  Vladimir Putin

  War, America, Profound

  "A Plea for Caution From Russia". www.nytimes.com. September 11, 2013.

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• Governments of rich countries spend some $6bn of tax money a year on disaster relief and development aid overseas, while each new earthquake, famine or tidal wave can attract 1,000 aid organisations, from the United Nations Children's Fund and Oxfam to the 'Jesus Brigades' of the American south and other charitable adventurers.

  James Buchan

  Country, Jesus, Children

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• Sadly, I do my homework. I've a soft spot for the boring minutiae. I read the Charter of the United Nations before meeting with Kofi Annan. I read the Meltzer report, and then I'll read C. Fred Bergsten's defense of institutions like the World Bank and the I.M.F. It's embarrassing to admit.

  Bono

  Defense, World, Homework

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• The future of peace and prosperity that we seek for all the world's peoples needs a foundation of tolerance, security, equality and justice. That foundation is the family. It is only by protecting families, from famine as well as from fragmentation, that they can prosper and contribute to the family of nations that is the United Nations.

  Kofi Annan

  Family, Equality, Justice

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• We need to use the United Nations Security Council and believe that preserving law and order in today's complex and turbulent world is one of the few ways to keep international relations from sliding into chaos. The law is still the law, and we must follow it whether we like it or not.

  Vladimir Putin

  Believe, Order, Law

  "A Plea for Caution From Russia". www.nytimes.com. September 11, 2013.

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• The United Nations four or five years ago put out a study that said the meat industry, meat-eating, growing meat for food is the No. 1 killer of our planet - not No. 2 or No. 3: No 1. You know what’s No. 2? Transportation. Everyone thinks that No. 1 is transportation, and goes out and buys a hybrid car. Screw the hybrid cars. Don’t eat hamburgers.

  Maggie Q

  Thinking, Years, Meat Industry

  "‘Nikita’ Star Maggie Q On What’s Ahead In Season 3 And Her New PETA Campaign". Interview with Laura Prudom, www.huffingtonpost.com. February 8, 2013.

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• I cheated at the Model United Nations when I was 13 and had to get up and apologise in front of the whole conference.

  Romola Garai

  Get Up, Cheated, Conferences

  Interview with Rosanna Greenstreet, www.theguardian.com. February 2, 2013.

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• Well, there's been plenty of ultimatums, and one thing that we better be very clear is that we can't continue to have the kind of defiance of the United Nations, the defiance of the international community that we've had.

  Condoleezza Rice

  Community, Kind, Defiance

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• We are not being arrogant or complacent when we are said that our country, as a united nation, has never in its entire history, enjoyed such a confluence of encouraging possibilities.

  Thabo Mbeki

  Country, Arrogant, Possibility

  "Interview with the President of South Africa, President Thabo Mbeki, on SABC2 following his State of the Nation Address 2005". SABC2 Interview, www.gov.za. 13 February 2005.

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• Let me remind you that nuclear disarmament is not just an ardent desire of the people, as expressed in many resolutions of the United Nations. It is a legal commitment by the five official nuclear states, entered into when they signed the Non-Proliferation Treaty.

  Joseph Rotblat

  Commitment, Nuclear Disarmament, Proliferation Treaty

  Joseph Rotblat, Daisaku Ikeda (2007). “A Quest for Global Peace: Rotblat and Ikeda on War, Ethics and the Nuclear Threat”, p.130, I.B.Tauris

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• There are many who criticise the United Nations. And those of us who know this institution well know that it is not immune from criticism. But those who argue against the United Nations advance no credible argument as to what should replace it. Whatever its imperfections, the United Nations represents a necessary democracy of states.

  Kevin Rudd

  Imperfection, Democracy, Criticism

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Food prices are often kept artificially high. The result is that the Millennium Development Goals set out by the United Nations at the start of the new millennium are not being reached. Fine words have not yet been turned into deeds.

  Jonathan Sacks

  Goal, Fine Words, Development

  "Why Fighting Poverty and Hunger Is a Religious Duty" by Chief Rabbi Lord Sacks, www.huffingtonpost.com. January 26, 2013.

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• If I ever see another Shakespeare production where somebody drives a Jeep on stage, I'm going to run screaming up the aisle. These tend to be matters of design. I mean, we're seeing a lot of - it's very common to see Shakespeare with automatic weapons, things like that. They are clichés. They're new clichés, but they are clichés. And they're provincial. It's not clever to do Henry V, and have everybody dressed in United Nations soldier's costumes anymore. I've seen that one too. That kind of thing irritates me.

  Terry Teachout

  Running, Clever, Mean

  Source: bigthink.com

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• The new century demands new partnerships for peace and security. The United Nations plays a crucial role, with allies sharing burdens America might otherwise bear alone. America needs a strong and effective U.N. I want to work with this new Congress to pay our dues and our debts. We must continue to support security and stability in Europe and Asia - expanding NATO and defining its new missions, maintaining our alliance with Japan, with Korea, with our other Asian allies, and engaging China.

  William J. Clinton

  Strong, Korea, Europe

  Clinton, William J. (2000). “Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: William J. Clinton, 1999”, p.68, Best Books on

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• With firm faith in our hearts, to sustain us along the hard road to victory, we will find our way to a secure peace, for the ultimate benefit of all humanity.

  Harry S. Truman

  Heart, Humanity, Victory

  United States. President (1945-1953 : Truman), Harry S. Truman (1961). “Harry S. Truman: Containing the Public Messages, Speeches, and Statements of the President, 1945-53”

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• We must rid this nation of the United Nations, which provides the communist conspiracy with a headquarters here on our own shores, and which actually makes it impossible for the United States to form its own decisions about its conduct and policies in Europe and Asia.

  John T. Flynn

  Europe, Decision, United States

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• What I want to make clear though is that we oppose terrorism in any form. However, any operation against terrorism should be under the framework of the United Nations and follow the fundamental principles of international laws.

  Nong ?uc Manh

  Law, Principles, Fundamentals

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• If the United States leads a multinational force into Iraq without United Nations backing, Canada should fight beside its neighbour. We've gone from being a middle power to a muddle power on this one.

  Peter MacKay

  Fighting, Iraq, Canada

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