Areas Quote by Vladimir Putin

We here in the North have for many years had a natural tendency to feel that when our representatives come together at an international…

— Hjalmar Branting

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

With respect to our State and federal governments, I do not think their relations correctly understood by foreigners. They generally suppose the former subordinate…

— Thomas Jefferson

When we talk about the UN, what are we really talking about? We are talking about my country, your country, other countries and their…

— Kofi Annan

The U.N. can meet and discuss, but we don't need their permission.

— Andrew Card

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

There's a lot of work to be done. And we know that, in order to accomplish things, we have to work together. And that's…

— Linda Thomas-Greenfield

Like Canada, we very much wanted the United Nations to be a relevant and effective body. But once those efforts failed, we no longer…

— Paul Cellucci

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

Of course there are collaborations. But in official meetings with Western diplomats from the US and the European Union, the major issues of our…

— Yoweri Museveni

“You know, in the realm of diplomacy, we are all bound to defend and promote our respective national interests. But, there is also such…

— SBYudhoyono

No one would argue that it's in the United States' interest to have independent knowledge of the plans and intentions of foreign countries. But…

— Edward Snowden