Abdullah II of Jordan Quotes

If the United States has to accept the U.N. resolutions, we have to generalize it across the board. We can't just pick and choose where we impose and accept the U.N. resolution and don't accept them. U.N. Resolution 242 is very clear and states very clearly that Israel has to go back to the borders of the pre-war of 1967.

The UN doesn’t take any moral stands unless its against Israel.

The U.S.-Israel relationship is so important.

If Israel did not exist, the United Nations would go out of business.

But you'll notice, you will notice that Russia and China, invariably at the United Nations, move to block American action, to repress or hem in or punish other kinds of outlaw. Who stands behind Mugabi at the United Nations? Russia and China do. Who tried successfully to prevent the United Nations from speaking with one voice on its most signal violation of its resolutions, Iraq? Russia and China, again. North Korea the same. Burma the same.

We have no stronger ally anywhere in the world than Israel.

The world of high-stakes international diplomacy can be rough and tumble, but it's more often than not a procession of suits and summits, protocol sessions and photo ops.

Our relations with the other powers of Europe have experienced no essential change since the last session.

I spend every day up at the United Nations where I have to interact with 192 other countries. I know how well the United States is viewed.

It is wrong to say the U.S. should 'not take sides' in the Israeli-Palestinian dispute.

I explained that we would like to adjust our position on the Syrian question to theirs, as, in our view, they are the decisive factor in our relations with our neighbors, and Syria is unimportant.

In the United Nations, when China entered, we voted on the same position, and since then we have maintained the same position, that position has not changed.

Of course what is talked about in the U.N. General Assembly is very important. Officials, the leaders of nations, appear there to speak of the most important topics - what they perceive to be the most important topics.

We have a model that we're following, and it's the Libya model.

The international community is unwilling to accept the policies of the Iranian regime.

When Prime Minister Erdogan came to Washington in 2009, he sounded almost like the ambassador from Iran.

The United Nations passed so-called sanctions again on North Korea, and they've said they 'will exercise their preemptive right to a nuclear attack.' I don't think this ought to be taken kindly.

The utter incompetence of the U.N. is literally incomprehensible.

So China will be having to make some choices as to whose side it wants to be on. Hopefully, this will be the beginning of a major improvement in our relationship with them, if they choose correctly.

We believe Russian-American relations are broader and larger than emotions and mutual grudges, including the situation with the U.S. fugitive Edward Snowden.

This fact lays on us - so long as the maintenance of good relations with Russia seems to us worth an effort - the duty of satisfying Russia that she has no need to fear any invasion of her sphere of interests on Germany's part.

India seeks to be a permanent member of the U.N. Security Council... things like this don't happen automatically, you need constant dialogue and discussion with the world.

You'd better believe that Putin sees that in Syria, Obama draws a red line and ignores the red line.

The long-term strategic goals of Iran and the long-term strategic goals of Turkey are close to the long-term strategic goals of the United States.

The 'Axis of Evil' was - and is - very real, as the tyrants of Iran, Iraq, and North Korea knew full well.