Quotes by Conor Cruise O'Brien about Nation

3 quotes by Conor Cruise O'Brien about nation

Conor Cruise O'Brien Irish politician

The main thing that endears the United Nations to member governments, and so enables it to survive, is its proven capacity to fail, and to be seen to fail.

Quote by Conor Cruise O'Brien about nation

The United Nations cannot do anything, and never could, it is not an animate entity or agent, it is a place, a stage, a forum and a shrine. a place to which powerful people can repair when they are fearful about the course on which their own...

Quote by Conor Cruise O'Brien about nation

You can safely appeal to the United Nations in the...

You can safely appeal to the United Nations in the comfortable certainty that it will let you down.

Quote by Conor Cruise O'Brien about nation

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