Dean Acheson Quotes

The U.N. was created for people.

We would have to invent the U.N. if we did not have it, which is not an original thought.

The League is dead; long live the United Nations.

We need a relevant and efficient United Nations.

I have concluded that the U.N. can do a few things well.

The key to U.N. reform is giving Americans a clearer picture of what the U.N. is and what it isn't, what it can be and what it can't be.

If the U.N. didn't exist, we'd be inventing it right now.

The United Nations remains our most important global actor. These days we are continuously reminded of the enormous responsibility of the Security Council to uphold international peace and stability.

The United Nations system is still the best instrument for making the world less fragile.

The United Nations is a failed institution in its current form.

The United Nations is an indispensable but deeply flawed institution.

I worked at the United Nations.

I wouldn't give up on the U.N. yet.

What keeps me awake at night is the issue of relevance of the United Nations.

The U.N. is capable of endless process and mindless psychobabble, but as far as getting the job done on the ground, I just don't see them doing it.

There is an ongoing debate about the reform of the U.N. system.

The U.N. is one of many competitors in a marketplace of global problem solving.

The United Nations will be at the heart of our international activities. France will assume its full responsibilities at the Security Council by putting its status at the service of peace, respect for human rights and development.

The United Nations is an indispensable but deeply flawed organization. It is valuable to the United States, and the United States is invaluable to it. We need to reform it.

In the euphoria after the Cold War, there was a misplaced notion that the UN could solve every problem anywhere.

I'm a member of the US committee o the United Nations.

The U.N. can be very frustrating and at times impotent, but it can also be a valuable forum for discussion and resolution of world problems. We should not walk away from it just because it's failed to live up to its promise.

The purpose of the United Nations should be to protect the essential sovereignty of nations, large and small.

I don't know that there is much the United States can do except work with the international community.

It is a commonplace that the League of Nations is not yet-what its most enthusiastic protagonists intended it to be.