Ulrich Beck Quotes

It is simply not feasible for sovereignty to be exercised unilaterally by individual nation-states, however powerful. It is a principle which will yield only slowly and reluctantly to the imperatives of global environmental cooperation.

International cooperation, multilateralism is indispensable.

Global challenges also require global solutions, and few indeed are the situations in which the United States or any other country can act completely alone.

Here we encounter two conflicting concepts with which we must come to grips in our time: the idea of national solidarity and the idea of international cooperation.

The life of states cannot, any more than the life of individuals, be conditioned by the force and the will of a unit, however powerful, but by the consensus of a group, which must one day include all states.

Governments can expect to act multilaterally or unilaterally—but not have it both ways at the same time.

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

The U.N. cannot be run by the 'I.' It only works by the 'We.'

There are nearly 200 countries and a population of over 6 billion in today's world. International affairs should be addressed by all countries through consultations rather than monopolised by a few powers.

Our alliances should be understood as a means to expand our influence, not as a constraint on our power. The expansion of democracy and freedom in the world should be a shared interest and value with all nations.

The nations must be organized internationally and induced to enter into partnership, subordinating in some measure national sovereignty to worldwide institutions and obligations.

Whereas nationalism still seeks power, honour, and glory through means that endanger other countries, patriotism knows that a country's strength and honour can only be permanently safeguarded through concourse with other countries. And whereas nationalism scoffs at the idea of international laws and regulations, patriotism seeks to create such.

Global challenges require collective responses.

Co-operation between governments still plays an important role and will remain indispensable.

The U.S. cannot go it alone simply when it is convenient.

For virtually every area of public policy there is a globalist proposal, consistent with the overall objective of reducing individual nation-state autonomy, particularly that of the United States?

Multilateralism is regarded as somehow un-American, a trick by which foreigners seek to sap the strength and authority of the United States.

Multilateralism is the democracy of international society.

Just as the United States doesn't like others to take charge, other countries also don't like the United States to play a dominant role in the United Nations.

International institutions like the UN can only be as effective as its members allow it to be.

The nation-state has become too small for the big problems of life and too big for the small problems.

I do believe that the international community cannot act based on a rivalries or things of that sort.

At the European table, we are systematically the most determined to advance a strategy of increased cooperation.

No self-respecting country - especially one with our clout and proud history - should sign up to a proposal that surrenders the power to veto our foreign and trade policy to another entity.

It is not just for a few states to sit and veto global approvals.