Presidents' quotes about United Nations

 

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In honor of Presidents' Day, the Oklahoma City of the UNA-USA has produced a webpage featuring quotes from "12 American Presidents." Here is a sampling of what these 12 American presidents, from Truman to Obama, have had to say about the UN:

"The overwhelming majority of the American people, regardless of party, support the United Nations. They are resolved that the United States, to the full limit of its strength, shall contribute to the establishment and maintenance of a just and lasting peace among the nations of the world."
--Harry S Truman

"...Already the United Nations has become both the measure and the vehicle of man's most generous impulses. Already it has provided... a means of holding man's violence within bounds."
--John F. Kennedy

"The changes in the world since World War II have made more compelling than ever the central idea behind the United Nations: that individual nations must be ready at last to take a farsighted and a generous view."
--Richard M. Nixon

"The United Nations is dedicated to world peace, and its charter clearly prohibits the international use of force. Yet the tide of belligerence continues to rise.... We must not only condemn aggression; we must enforce the dictates of our charter and resume the struggle for peace...."
--Ronald Reagan

"The United States is committed to playing its part, helping to maintain global security, promoting democracy and prosperity. And my administration is fully committed to supporting the United Nations and to paying what we are obliged to pay by our commitment to the Charter."
--George H.W. Bush

"So at the dawn of a new century so full of promise, yet plagued by peril, we still need the United Nations. And so, for another 50 years and beyond, you can count the United States in."
--Bill Clinton

You can read the remarks of all twelve presidents at UNA Oklahoma chapter website:

www.una-okc.org/12_Presidents

Happy Presidents' Day!