United States And The United Nations
The United States is a charter member of the United Nations and one of five permanent members of the UN Security Council.
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Famous quotes containing the words united states, united, states and/or nations:
“It was evident that, both on account of the feudal system and the aristocratic government, a private man was not worth so much in Canada as in the United States; and, if your wealth in any measure consists in manliness, in originality and independence, you had better stay here. How could a peaceable, freethinking man live neighbor to the Forty-ninth Regiment? A New-Englander would naturally be a bad citizen, probably a rebel, there,—certainly if he were already a rebel at home.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
“It is a united will, not mere walls, which makes a fort.”
—Chinese proverb.
“Life is a series of sensations connected to different states of consciousness.”
—Rémy De Gourmont (1858–1915)
“Of course we will continue to work for cheaper electricity in the homes and on the farms of America; for better and cheaper transportation; for low interest rates; for sounder home financing; for better banking; for the regulation of security issues; for reciprocal trade among nations and for the wiping out of slums. And my friends, for all of these we have only begun to fight.”
—Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882–1945)