Effective United Nations

Famous quotes containing the words effective, united and/or nations:

    The general fact is that the most effective way of utilizing human energy is through an organized rivalry, which by specialization and social control is, at the same time, organized co-operation.
    Charles Horton Cooley (1864–1929)

    In the United States all business not transacted over the telephone is accomplished in conjunction with alcohol or food, often under conditions of advanced intoxication. This is a fact of the utmost importance for the visitor of limited funds ... for it means that the most expensive restaurants are, with rare exceptions, the worst.
    John Kenneth Galbraith (b. 1908)

    All nations love the same jests and tales, Jews, Christians, and Mahometans, and the same translated suffice for all.
    Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)