Appeals Quote by Conor Cruise O'Brien

You can safely appeal to the United Nations in the comfortable certainty that it will let you down.

— Conor Cruise O'Brien

The main thing that endears the United Nations to member governments, and so enables it to survive, is its proven capacity to fail... You…

— Conor Cruise O'Brien

The main thing that endears the United Nations to member governments, and so enables it to survive, is its proven capacity to fail. You…

— Conor Cruise O'Brien

My own experience from a decade ago taught me I cannot trust the UN. But it is a world body and we have to…

— Paul Kagame

The notion that the UN is some sort of dispassionate body that, does right and just pursues everybody's best interests is a fantasy. Each…

— Mona Charen

But if the UN cannot or will not revise its rules in ways that establish beyond question the legality of the measures the United…

— Richard Perle

I wouldn't give up on the U.N. yet.

— Walter Cronkite

There is a certain tendency on the part of some Americans to treat the UN as a multilateralism à la carte where you pick…

— Kofi Annan

For most countries, serving the UN's objectives has never seemed worth even the smallest of risks. Member nations do not want a large, reputable,…

— Roméo Dallaire

One hundred nations in the UN have not agreed with us on just about everything that's come before them, where we're involved, and it…

— Ronald Reagan

We really don't need the United Nations approval to act. When it comes to our security, we do not need anyones permission.

— George W. Bush

The mandate you go with is intimidating and also is a source of respect that you gain, because you have come with this mandate…

— Lakhdar Brahimi