Political Quotes

William Helms: “I was astonished, Mr. President, when in an interview with the BBC, U.N. Secretary General Boutros Boutros-Ghali made…”

On the recordJanuary 22, 1996
I was astonished, Mr. President, when in an interview with the BBC, U.N. Secretary General Boutros Boutros-Ghali made the absurd suggestion that the United Nations should be allowed to collect taxes directly from American citizens--and citizens of other sovereign nations--to finance the operation of the United Nations. His stated reason for creating such a U.N. tax, Mr. Boutros-Ghali said, would be so that the U.N. 'would not be under the daily financial will of member states.' In the first place, the gentleman obviously has scant knowledge of the Constitution of the United States.
Said by
William Helms
Republican · New Jersey
Source
govinfo.gov

Editor's note · Context

Discussing U.N. Secretary General Boutros Boutros-Ghali's proposal for the U.N. to collect taxes from citizens.

Share

Share on XShare on FacebookEmail this quote

More from William Helms

Oct 2, 2002

There is an extraordinary disconnect between the Jesse Helms that we know and love and the one portrayed in the media, an incredible disconnect, because nothing could be further from the real Jesse Helms than the one frequently portrayed…

govinfo.gov
Oct 1, 2002

our friend and distinguished colleague, Strom Thurmond, has a lost a dear member of his Senate Family. Holly Richardson's courageous battle with breast cancer ended early Monday morning. I do not use the word courageous lightly; if there…

govinfo.gov
Oct 24, 2001

on behalf of myself, Senator Lieberman, Senator Lugar, Senator Durbin, and fourteen other of our colleagues I send to the desk a bill entitled the Freedom Consolidation Act of 2001. An identical bill is being introduced simultaneously in…

govinfo.gov
Oct 17, 2002

the current leadership in Ukraine, led by President Leonid Kuchma, has been one of unmet promises. Failed efforts at economic reform, violent repression of independent media; and a rise in government corruption and cronyism has robbed the…

govinfo.gov
View all William Helms quotes

Other voices in this conversation