Best United Nations Quotations
305 United Nations quotes by 194 unique authors
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There was a lot of protest after Bravo, from countries like India, for example. India was the first country which came forward and proposed at…
— Martha Smith
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However, if the religions in essence merely repeat statements from the United Nations Human Rights Declaration, such a Declaration becomes superfluous; an ethic is more…
— Hans Kung
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It had an enormous impact to the point of the United Nations passing a resolution against the killing and hunting of these whales as they…
— Wavy Gravy
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The United Nations is our one great hope for a peaceful and free world.
— Ralph Bunche
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May the United Nations ever be vigilant and potent to defeat the swallowing up of any nation, at any time, by any means-by armies with…
— Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr.
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Danger gathers upon our path. We cannot afford - we have no right - to look back. We must look forward... The stronger the advocate…
— Winston Churchill
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Indeed, the very first resolution of the General Assembly of the United Nations - adopted unanimously - called for the elimination of nuclear weapons.
— Joseph Rotblat
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For all the civilians saved thanks to the presence of peacekeepers, there have been those who were lost - the United Nations personnel who sacrificed…
— Jan Eliasson
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The primary, the fundamental, the essential purpose of the United Nations is to keep peace. Everything it does which helps prevent World War III is…
— Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr.
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It is up to each and every one of us to raise our voice against crimes that deprive countless victims of their liberty, dignity and…
— Ban Ki-moon
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From this vision of the role of the United Nations in the next century flow three key priorities for the future: eradicating poverty, preventing conflict…
— Kofi Annan
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What matters is the people. We must ensure that the United Nations is supported by the people and that it reflects the will of the…
— Anwarul Karim Chowdhury
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The United Nations is an organizational body where people, through their Governments, come together; and it can be the only place where there can be…
— Unknown Author
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I am working for a better United Nations. Nothing is perfect. You should never rely on only one source, but rather rely on those you…
— Angelina Jolie
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The one common undertaking and universal instrument of the great majority of the human race is the United Nations. A patient, constructive long-term use of…
— Trygve Lie
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UNESCO is the conscience of the United Nations.
— Federico Mayor Zaragoza
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The aim of political institutions like the United Nations is to draw the line between struggle and conflict and to make it possible for nations…
— Javier Perez de Cuellar
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Human nature being what it is, peace must inevitably be a relative condition. The essence of life is struggle and competition, and to that extent…
— Javier Perez de Cuellar
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We should change our attitude toward the United Nations. There has to be some power in the world superior to our own. We should not…
— Andy Rooney
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The United Nations is our world's greatest mechanism for making peace
— Unknown Author
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In 1980 we declared the globe free of smallpox. It was the largest campaign in United Nations history until the Iraq war. A hundred and…
— Larry Brilliant
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So at the request of educators I wrote the World Core Curriculum, the product of the United Nations, the meta-organism of human and planetary evolution.
— Robert Muller
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The Jew is upset because the nations of the world - the United Nations - lash him, brand him as racist and evil, hate him…
— Meir Kahane
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There's no such thing as the United Nations,
— John Bolton
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I cannot see that any rational American. . . could conceivably try to fulfill the major national purposes of the United States through the United…
— Charles Lichenstein
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