Evo Morales Quotes

[America should engage in] Progressive development of regional and other collective arrangements for individual and collective self-defense

We in the Philippines know we have to perform our own role in terms of promoting peace in the world. We are actually members of the U.N. peacekeeping forces in many areas.

I think that our work contributed to the safety of the world.

Moral disarmament is to safeguard the future; material disarmament is to save for the present, that there may be a future to safeguard.

As we talk with candour, we open the doors to new possibilities and new areas of cooperation in advance in democracy, in combating terrorism, in energy and environment, science and technology and international peacekeeping.

There seems to be some coverage these days that somehow terrorism is not a big problem. Or somehow, national security is all taken care of, and that's just not true.

The primary, the fundamental, the essential purpose of the United Nations is to keep peace. Everything it does which helps prevent World War III is good. Everything which does not further that goal, either directly or indirectly, is at best superfluous.

The United Nations has a critical role to play in promoting stability, security, democracy, human rights, and economic development. The UN is as relevant today as at any time in its history, but it needs reform.

The United Nations is committed to ridding the world of anti-personnel landmines.

Whether addressing immediate crises or building long-term foundations of peace, the United Nations will remain committed to solutions that advance the global good.

Nuclear disarmament and non-proliferation are not utopian ideals. They are critical to global peace and security.

When states decide to use force to deal with broader threats to international peace and security, they need the unique legitimacy provided by the United Nations.

The United Nations is your instrument for peace and justice. Use it.

The war on terror is a struggle that will last for generations.

France has imposed upon herself an average of more than 2 billion francs a year. This is the minimum price of armed peace for one country only …. Think what United Europe might have done with these millions, had she consecrated even half to the service of progress.

Disarmament of itself does not produce peace or security. Only removing the source of conflict does.

One thing the United Nation is good at is producing documents.

This organization [the United Nations] is created to prevent you from going to hell. It isn't created to take you to heaven.

A stable world may be one in which the United States can act to secure peace without fear of a nuclear attack.

Since armed conflicts and repressive regimes may pose dangers beyond the borders of the countries concerned, all democratic nations have an interest in overcoming collective action problems and promoting open societies all over the world. The earlier preventative actions begins, the less costly and more effective it is likely to be.

The day is coming when no single nation, however powerful, can undertake by itself to keep the peace outside its borders.

UN Peacekeeping us much more cost effective than using American forces. And of course, America doesn’t have the forces to do all of these peacekeeping missions but somebody has to do them.

We are much safer in the United States, but not yet safe.

It [the UN] has given uniquely valuable services in many places where violence threatened. It is the only real world forum where we have the opportunity for international presentation and rebuttal…. The United Nation deserves our continued firm support.

The sands are running out, and unless some strong hand can even now clutch Europe and rescue her from the slope down which she is slipping, the catastrophe of the peace may yet become far greater than that of the Great War