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My father is a man of impeccable character who has worked tirelessly for the United Nations for many years. His integrity is beyond reproach.

I have never participated directly or indirectly in any business related to the United Nations.

War has become a luxury that only small nations can afford.

I think the British have the distinction above all other nations of being able to put new wine into old bottles without bursting them.

To harmonize the One with the Many, this is indeed a difficult adjustment, perhaps the most difficult of all, and so important, withal, that nations have perished from their failure to achieve it.

For my name and memory I leave to men's charitable speeches, and to foreign nations and the next ages.

In every particular state of the world, those nations which are strongest tend to prevail over the others; and in certain marked peculiarities the strongest tend to be the best.

So long as war is the main business of nations, temporary despotism - despotism during the campaign - is indispensable.

Another cause of change, one less noticeable but fundamental, is the modern growth of population closely connected with scientific and medical discoveries. It is interesting that the United Nations has set up a special Commission to study this question.

In all nations an exceptional man exists that compensates the deficiencies of the remainder. In those moments, when humanity is found collectively in a state of decadence, there always remain those exceptional beings as point of reference.

Back then, a half-a-century ago, the situation was totally different. Economically, we were practically on our knees, and politically, we were still excluded from the community of nations. Today, in this respect, we have a totally different and much more stable basis.

Money speaks sense in a language all nations understand.

And most importantly perhaps, children can learn about their rights, share their knowledge with the children of other nations, identify problems with them and establish how they might work together to address them.

The man of science, the artist, the philosopher are attached to their nations as much as the day-laborer and the merchant.

The United Nations charter gives every nation the right to self defence, therefore when the American embassies were bombed it was a matter of time before the Americans responded by going for what they suspected were the causes of the attack.

The slightest acquaintance with history shows that powerful republics are the most warlike and unscrupulous of nations.

We have to withdraw from this undemocratic institution and ensure that these people no longer have any influence on British affairs. We would like to see other European nations do the same thing. I think that will happen.

Poetry fettered, fetters the human race. Nations are destroyed or flourish in proportion as their poetry, painting, and music are destroyed or flourish.

The disease of mutual distrust among nations is the bane of modern civilization.

This resolution simply says Israel has the right to defend itself. This includes conducting operations both inside its borders and in the territory of nations that threaten it, which is in accordance with international law.