Chosen Quote by Bernard Kouchner

We can no longer stand for the Security Council passing resolutions and then in effect heaving alongside and taking a vacation. We cannot leave…

— Anonymous

There is one criticism which cannot be leveled at interparliamentary conferences but which is applicable to a great extent to peace congresses: the meetings…

— Fredrik Bajer

I retain the opinion that council entry is inconsistent with non-co-operation as I conceive it.

— Mahatma Gandhi

The only summit meeting that can succeed is the one that does not take place.

— Barry Goldwater

“The meeting was as off-the-books as it got. Equal parts indignant denial and veiled threat. Accidents happen. Don’t want to lose your people? Keep…

— Stephen England

The only summit meeting that can succeed is one that does not take place.

— Barry Goldwater

I'm used to being cut out of the conference meetings, but now they are cutting us out even before the bill's are written or…

— John Conyers

At the same time, you have got these traditional councils. And the challenge is how to make sure that they function together [with municipal…

— Thabo Mbeki

I'm sick of these congress meetings. There no reason to meet again. As you know, if there's a congress, I usually win it.

— Ivan Slavkov

For senators to complain that they didn't know this was happening, we had many, many meetings that have been both classified and unclassified that…

— Harry Reid

Together, often by unanimous vote, the council has worked quickly to get positive results.

— Laura Miller