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Conor Cruise O'Brien has 11 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:
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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…
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Human nature doesn't include all human beings. There are human beings who are indifferent to politics, religion, virtually anything.
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Man watches his history on the screen with apathy and an occasional passing flicker of horror or indignation.
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Nothing does more to activate Christian divisions than talk about Christian unity.
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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…
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The United Nations cannot do anything, and never could; it is not an animate entity or agent. It is a place, a…
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You are not an agnostic.....You are just a fat slob who is too lazy to go to Mass.
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A good man giving bad advice is more dangerous than a nasty man giving bad advice.
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You can safely appeal to the United Nations in the comfortable certainty that it will let you down.
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The sea which we think of separating the two island actually joins them.
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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…
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There is a common belief that under modern conditions peace cannot be assured except on the basis of an equal balance of…
— Pope John XXIII
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The future of nations cannot be frozen . . . cannot be foreseen. If we are going to accomplish anything in our…
— Herbert Hoover
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The United Nations cannot do anything, and never could; it is not an animate entity or agent. It is a place, a…
— Conor Cruise O'Brien
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The United Nations cannot stand by and witness the destruction of the people of West Papua.
— Unknown Author
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The repose of nations cannot be secure without arms, armies cannot be maintained without pay, nor can the pay be produced without…
— Tacitus
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With the persistence of tensions and conflicts in various parts of the world, the international community must never forget what happened at…
— Pope John Paul II
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The E.U. is more than just a trade organization or a common market; it is a guarantee of democracy, freedom, justice, and…
— John Bruton
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The public, therefore, among a democratic people, has a singular power, which aristocratic nations cannot conceive; for it does not persuade others…
— Alexis de Tocqueville
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Nations cannot endure in sin.
— Ezra Taft Benson
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One of the main lessons I have learned the last five years as Secretary-General is that the United Nations cannot function properly…
— Ban Ki-moon
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