Ronald Reagan Quotes About United Nations

• The founders of the United Nations sought to replace a world at war with a world of civilized order. They hoped that a world of relentless conflict would give way to a new era, one where freedom from violence prevailed.... But the awful truth is that the use of violence for political gain has become more, not less, widespread in the last decade.

  Ronald Reagan

  War, Order, Giving

• The founders of the United Nations expected that member nations would behave and vote as individuals after they had weighed the merits of an issue - rather like a great, global town meeting. The emergence of blocks and the polarization of the United Nations undermine all that this organization initially valued.

  Ronald Reagan

  Block, Organization, Issues

  Ronald Reagan (1983). “Renewing the U.S. commitment to peace: September 26, 1983”

• What has happened to the dreams of the United Nations' founders? What has happened to the spirit which created the United Nations? The answer is clear: Governments got in the way of the dreams of the people.

  Ronald Reagan

  Dream, Government, People

  United States. President (1981-1989 : Reagan), Ronald Reagan (1983). “Ronald Reagan”

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