Rick Perry Quotes

Of course the UN brings in a lot of moral authority.

Admitting, however, for the sake of argument, that I am prime and sole minister in this country, am I, therefore, prime and sole minister of all Europe? Am I answerable for the conduct of other countries as well as for that of my own?

No matter how powerful, countries cannot rule the whole world. The world is ruled by brains, by justice, by morals and by fairness.

The nebulocity known as the international community is ultimately accountable to nobody.

No nation is responsible to itself alone, but that laws of political morality are universal; and that obedience to such laws is incumbent upon all nations.

We shouldn't discuss the world of tomorrow in terms of becoming a balance to the United States. The real issue is whether the United States will define herself as part of the U.N. system-or not.

The problem with the United Nations is that while democracy within nations is the best available form of government, democracy among nations can be a moral disaster - especially if some nations are not democracies.

What we need now is a Treaty of the World not a Treaty of Rome.

There is no such thing as the United Nations.

But I believe that the DPKO at this time was very much involved with American administration and was acting, taking on consideration the demand or the recommendation of the American administration. American administration was very powerful.

I've been quite involved in a lot of U.N. operations over the years. I was a U.N. observer at the East Timor referendum in 2000. I've been very involved in that for a long time.

The European organisation contemplated could not oppose any ethnic group, on other continents or in Europe itself, outside of the League of Nations, any more than it could oppose the League of Nations.

But I would say if the Security Council is only relevant if it agrees with the United States, then we have come a long way in a direction that I do not like very much.

According to the U. N. Charter, the Secretary General is the chief administrative officer, not its chief moralizer.

If governments do not want to work with the U.N. and the international organizations, there is a limit to what you can do. And there is also a limit to patience.

No country can dictate its laws to the world.

Multilateralism is the democracy of international society.

The United Nations exists to help countries solve their problems. If it helps the Americans solve theirs by blaming me, I'll be a scapegoat.

If the United Nations would not take responsibility in time of peril, by what right should it claim authority when the danger is passed.

World government is a premature concept at this stage. We are moving more and more into supernational arrangements, but it is too early still.

When America rejected the League, she had deliberately chosen to rest solely upon treaties with the sanction of public opinion alone…

If political leaders want respect, they will begin by enforcing the global rule of law.

We have to acknowledge and discuss with citizens that Germany needs to take on more responsibility. One of the questions is, 'Can we keep a functioning international order?'

There was an implicit conviction that the UN would be stronger than the sum of its constituent member-states.

It's very liberating for me to realize that I don't have to step up to the plate with a plot that involves the U.N. Security Council.