The United Nations cannot do anything, and never could; it is not an animate entity or agent. It is a place, a stage, a forum and a shrine... a place to which powerful people can repair when they are fearful… — Conor Cruise O'Brien Copy Share Image
British diplomats, constantly exposed to American political-ethical rhetoric, find their professional skills tested to the limits by the need to keep a straight face. For illustrations of what I mean, study the photographs of the expressions worn by Mr Douglas… — Conor Cruise O'Brien Copy Share Image
The main thing that endears the United Nations to member governments, and so enables it to survive, is its proven capacity to fail, and… — Conor Cruise O'Brien Copy Share Image
Man watches his history on the screen with apathy and an occasional passing flicker of horror or indignation. — Conor Cruise O'Brien Copy Share Image
The United Nations cannot do anything, and never could; it is not an animate entity or agent. It is a place, a stage, a… — Conor Cruise O'Brien Copy Share Image
You can safely appeal to the UN in the comfortable certainty that it will let you down. — Conor Cruise O'Brien Copy Share Image
The sea which we think of separating the two island actually joins them. — Conor Cruise O'Brien Copy Share Image
The main thing that endears the United Nations to member governments, and so enables it to survive, is its proven capacity to fail. You… — Conor Cruise O'Brien Copy Share Image
In the last century the Arab thinker Jamal al-Afghani wrote: 'Every Muslim is sick and his only remedy is in the Koran.' Unfortunately the… — Conor Cruise O'Brien Copy Share Image
“Today, as a result of the policy of Macmillan's Government, Great Britain presents in the United Nations the face of Pecksniff and in Katanga… — Conor Cruise O'Brien Copy Share Image
You are not an agnostic…You are just a fat slob who is too lazy to go to Mass. — Conor Cruise O'Brien Copy Share Image
Nothing does more to activate Christian divisions than talk about Christian unity. — Conor Cruise O'Brien Copy Share Image
You can safely appeal to the United Nations in the comfortable certainty that it will let you down. — Conor Cruise O'Brien Copy Share Image
A good man giving bad advice is more dangerous than a nasty man giving bad advice. — Conor Cruise O'Brien Copy Share Image
