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# Conor Cruise O'Brien

(1917–2008)   Politician

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Conor Cruise O'Brien was a politician.

## Quick Facts About Conor Cruise O'Brien

Born November 3, 1917

Died December 18, 2008

Profession Politician

## About Conor Cruise O'Brien

Irish politician, writer, historian and academic (1917-2008)... \| Donal Conor David Dermot Donat Cruise O'Brien, often nicknamed "The Cruiser", was an Irish diplomat, politician, writer, historian and academic, who served as Minister for Posts and Telegraphs from 1973 to 1977, a Senator for Dublin University from 1977 to 1979, a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Dublin No

##  Quotes by Conor Cruise O'Brien

> [Man watches his history on the screen with apathy and an occasional passing flicker of horror or indignation.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/conor-cruise-o-brien/man-watches-his-history-on-the-screen-with-apathy-and-an-occasional/)

[Conor Cruise O'Brien](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/conor-cruise-o-brien/)

[Apathy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/apathy/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/71d/conor-cruise-o-brien-30084_apathy_man-watches-his-history-on-the-screen-wi_483314.png)

> [A good man giving bad advice is more dangerous than a nasty man giving bad advice.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/conor-cruise-o-brien/a-good-man-giving-bad-advice-is-more-dangerous-than-a-nasty-man/)

[Conor Cruise O'Brien](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/conor-cruise-o-brien/)

[Advice](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/advice/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/87a/conor-cruise-o-brien-30084_advice_a-good-man-giving-bad-advice-is-more-dan_1852524.png)

> [Nothing does more to activateChristian divisions than talk about Christian unity.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/conor-cruise-o-brien/nothing-does-more-to-activatechristian-divisions-than-talk-about/)

[Conor Cruise O'Brien](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/conor-cruise-o-brien/)

[Christian unity](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/christian-unity/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e0c/conor-cruise-o-brien-30084_christian-unity_nothing-does-more-to-activatechristian-d_2364389.png)

> [You can safely appeal to the United Nations in the comfortable certainty that it will let you down.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/conor-cruise-o-brien/you-can-safely-appeal-to-the-united-nations-in-the-comfortable/)

[Conor Cruise O'Brien](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/conor-cruise-o-brien/)

[Appeal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/appeal/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c85/conor-cruise-o-brien-30084_appeal_you-can-safely-appeal-to-the-united-nati_1392679.png)

> [You are not an agnostic…You are just a fat slob who is too lazy to go to Mass.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/conor-cruise-o-brien/you-are-not-an-agnostic-you-are-just-a-fat-slob-who-is-too-lazy-to-go/)

[Conor Cruise O'Brien](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/conor-cruise-o-brien/)

[Agnostic](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/agnostic/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ed7/conor-cruise-o-brien-30084_agnostic_you-are-not-an-agnostic-you-are-just-a-f_1296267.png)

> [The sea which we think of separating the two island actually joins them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/conor-cruise-o-brien/the-sea-which-we-think-of-separating-the-two-island-actually-joins/)

[Conor Cruise O'Brien](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/conor-cruise-o-brien/)

[Island](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/island/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ffc/conor-cruise-o-brien-30084_island_the-sea-which-we-think-of-separating-the_807422.png)

> [Nothing does more to activate Christian divisions than talk about Christian unity.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/conor-cruise-o-brien/nothing-does-more-to-activate-christian-divisions-than-talk-about/)

[Conor Cruise O'Brien](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/conor-cruise-o-brien/)

[Christian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/christian/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/863/conor-cruise-o-brien-30084_christian_nothing-does-more-to-activate-christian_1310604.png)

> [Human nature doesn't include all human beings. There are human beings who are indifferent to politics, religion, virtually anything.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/conor-cruise-o-brien/human-nature-doesn-t-include-all-human-beings-there-are-human-beings/)

[Conor Cruise O'Brien](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/conor-cruise-o-brien/)

[Being there](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/being-there/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b11/conor-cruise-o-brien-30084_being-there_human-nature-doesn-t-include-all-human-b_2510024.png)

> [The United Nations cannot do anything, and never could; it is not an animate entity or agent. It is a place, a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/conor-cruise-o-brien/the-united-nations-cannot-do-anything-and-never-could-it-is-not-an/)

[Conor Cruise O'Brien](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/conor-cruise-o-brien/)

[Agents](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/agents/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3d6/conor-cruise-o-brien-30084_agents_the-united-nations-cannot-do-anything-an_494056.png)

> [In the last century the Arab thinker Jamal al-Afghani wrote: 'Every Muslim is sick and his only remedy is in the Koran.'…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/conor-cruise-o-brien/in-the-last-century-the-arab-thinker-jamal-al-afghani-wrote-every/)

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[Als](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/als/)

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> [The main thing that endears the United Nations to member governments, and so enables it to survive, is its proven capacity to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/conor-cruise-o-brien/the-main-thing-that-endears-the-united-nations-to-member-governments-3/)

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[America](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/america/)

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> [Irishness is not primarily a question of birth or blood or language; it is the condition of being involved in the Irish…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/conor-cruise-o-brien/irishness-is-not-primarily-a-question-of-birth-or-blood-or-language/)

[Conor Cruise O'Brien](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/conor-cruise-o-brien/)

[Being irish](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/being-irish/)

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> [“Today, as a result of the policy of Macmillan's Government, Great Britain presents in the United Nations the face of Pecksniff and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/conor-cruise-o-brien/today-as-a-result-of-the-policy-of-macmillan-s-government-great/)

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[Charles-dickens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/charles-dickens-2/)

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> [The main thing that endears the United Nations to member governments, and so enables it to survive, is its proven capacity to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/conor-cruise-o-brien/the-main-thing-that-endears-the-united-nations-to-member-governments/)

[Conor Cruise O'Brien](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/conor-cruise-o-brien/)

[Capacity](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/capacity/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/80b/conor-cruise-o-brien-30084_capacity_the-main-thing-that-endears-the-united-n_25004.jpg)

> [The main thing that endears the United Nations to member governments, and so enables it to survive, is its proven capacity to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/conor-cruise-o-brien/the-main-thing-that-endears-the-united-nations-to-member-governments-2/)

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[Appeals](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/appeals/)

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> [British diplomats, constantly exposed to American political-ethical rhetoric, find their professional skills tested to the limits by the need to keep a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/conor-cruise-o-brien/british-diplomats-constantly-exposed-to-american-political-ethical/)

[Conor Cruise O'Brien](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/conor-cruise-o-brien/)

[Allies](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/allies/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f4b/conor-cruise-o-brien-30084_allies_british-diplomats-constantly-exposed-to_2487175.jpg)

> [You can safely appeal to the UN in the comfortable certainty that it will let you down.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/conor-cruise-o-brien/you-can-safely-appeal-to-the-un-in-the-comfortable-certainty-that-it/)

[Conor Cruise O'Brien](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/conor-cruise-o-brien/)

[Appeal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/appeal/)

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