Conviction Quote by Atal Bihari Vajpayee

There was a deliberate decision after the failure of the League of Nations to make the next attempt to establish a global political actor…

— Richard A. Falk

All countries, big or small, strong or weak, are equal members of the United Nations.

— Anonymous

The reality is that international institutions like the UN can only be as effective as its members allow it to be.

— Atal Bihari Vajpayee

The UN's unique legitimacy flows from a universal perception that it pursues a larger purpose than the interests of one country or a small…

— Atal Bihari Vajpayee

For most countries, serving the UN's objectives has never seemed worth even the smallest of risks. Member nations do not want a large, reputable,…

— Roméo Dallaire

There was a time, with the Berlin Wall down, that [it looked as if] the UN finally could do what it was set up…

— Kofi Annan

When we talk about the UN, what are we really talking about? We are talking about my country, your country, other countries and their…

— Kofi Annan

The UN to some extent diffuses U.S. power. Therefore it's less direct an agency of the United States than the U.S. Army is. But…

— Noam Chomsky

The United Nations was not set up to be a reformatory. It was assumed that you would be good before you got in and…

— John Foster Dulles

Universality of the UN is a worthwhile thing in its own self because it means that every country belongs, feels it has a stake,…

— Shashi Tharoor

The notion that the UN is some sort of dispassionate body that, does right and just pursues everybody's best interests is a fantasy. Each…

— Mona Charen

I thought that the United Nations is a creature of the five super-powers who were given veto powers. I don't like veto powers at…

— Mahathir Mohamad