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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… - Conor Cruise O'Brien
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…
- Conor Cruise O'Brien
British diplomats, constantly exposed to American political-ethical rhetoric, find their professional skills tested to the limits by the need to keep… - Conor Cruise O'Brien
British diplomats, constantly exposed to American political-ethical rhetoric, find their professional skills tested to the limits by the need to keep…
Irishness is not primarily a question of birth or blood or language; it is the condition of being involved in the Irish situation, and usually of bei… - Conor Cruise O'Brien
Irishness is not primarily a question of birth or blood or language; it is the condition of being involved in the Irish situation, and usually of bei…
In the last century the Arab thinker Jamal al-Afghani wrote: 'Every Muslim is sick and his only remedy is in the Koran.' Unfortunately the sickness g… - Conor Cruise O'Brien
In the last century the Arab thinker Jamal al-Afghani wrote: 'Every Muslim is sick and his only remedy is in the Koran.' Unfortunately the sickness g…
The main thing that endears the United Nations to member governments, and so enables it to survive, is its proven capacity to fail... You can safely … - Conor Cruise O'Brien
The main thing that endears the United Nations to member governments, and so enables it to survive, is its proven capacity to fail... You can safely …
You can safely appeal to the UN in the comfortable certainty that it will let you down. - Conor Cruise O'Brien
You can safely appeal to the UN in the comfortable certainty that it will let you down.
A good man giving bad advice is more dangerous than a nasty man giving bad advice. - Conor Cruise O'Brien
A good man giving bad advice is more dangerous than a nasty man giving bad advice.
Nothing does more to activate Christian divisions than talk about Christian unity. - Conor Cruise O'Brien
Nothing does more to activate Christian divisions than talk about Christian unity.
The sea which we think of separating the two island actually joins them. - Conor Cruise O'Brien
The sea which we think of separating the two island actually joins them.
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