Body Quote by Paul Kagame

The UN may not be very effective but I am a fan of the idea of the United Nations. I have been there, I…

— Mary Robinson

The mythology about the UN is absolutely breathtaking. People believe it costs a great deal of money to the United States. Completely untrue: it…

— Brian Urquhart

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

Universality of the UN is a worthwhile thing in its own self because it means that every country belongs, feels it has a stake,…

— Shashi Tharoor

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

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 thing I love so much about the UN, is that they're so obviously corrupt. It's not like the Oil-for-Food scandal was even hard…

— John Hamill

The reality is that international institutions like the UN can only be as effective as its members allow it to be.

— Atal Bihari Vajpayee

The UN's unique legitimacy flows from a universal perception that it pursues a larger purpose than the interests of one country or a small…

— Atal Bihari Vajpayee

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

Like any large organisation, public or private, the UN is a complex machine.

— Kofi Annan

The UN to some extent diffuses U.S. power. Therefore it's less direct an agency of the United States than the U.S. Army is. But…

— Noam Chomsky