Failure Quote by Roberto Azevedo

Is multilateralism nothing more than a dodge for simple inaction?

— Elliott Abrams

Multilateralism is not an easy option. We're going to find that the world is very difficult. And relationships between America and the rest of…

— Chris Patten

I am a multilateralist. I am deeply convinced that there is no other way to deal with global challenges than with global responses, and…

— Antonio Guterres

International cooperation, multilateralism is indispensable.

— Hans Blix

There are differences in the world community. But we have a common interest in a strong multilateral system.

— Joschka Fischer

If the U.N. is ineffective, the whole concept of multilateralism will collapse.

— Sushma Swaraj

Multilateral diplomacy is hard. It's slower, it's tougher, it's a bigger slog. I've learned that sometimes the things you'd most like to do something…

— Condoleezza Rice

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 notion that the U.S. can impose its will unilaterally on the World Bank reflects a fundamental misunderstanding about how multilateral organizations should work.

— Seth Moulton

I never use the concept, multipolar. I use multilateral. Because we have only one global power: whether you like it or not, this is…

— Joschka Fischer

American politics are normally a result of pragmatic and not philosophical reasoning. No one in Washington has said we now prefer multilateralism.

— Henry A. Kissinger

It is vital that the World Bank Group continually challenges itself to refresh our development thinking. It is vital that a modernized multilateralism be…

— Robert Zoellick