All Conor Cruise O'Brien Quotes
- 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… All
- Human nature doesn't include all human beings. There are human beings who are indifferent to politics, religion, virtually anything. All
- Man watches his history on the screen with apathy and an occasional passing flicker of horror or indignation. Apathy
- Nothing does more to activate Christian divisions than talk about Christian unity. Activate
- The main thing that endears the United Nations to member governments, and so enables it to survive, is its proven capacity to fail. You can… Appeal
- 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… Agent
- You are not an agnostic.....You are just a fat slob who is too lazy to go to Mass. Agnostic
- A good man giving bad advice is more dangerous than a nasty man giving bad advice. Advice
- You can safely appeal to the United Nations in the comfortable certainty that it will let you down. Appeal
- The sea which we think of separating the two island actually joins them. Island
- The main thing that endears the United Nations to member governments, and so enables it to survive, is its proven capacity to fail, and to… Capacity