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Quotes About Non-aligned

During the Cold War, the non-aligned movement tried to become a 'third force' in world politics, but failed because it was too large and unwieldy.
~ Stephen Kinzer
From the time of independences until the end of the Cold War, in spite of the participation of a considerable number of African states in the non-aligned movement, everyone in fact chose to align with one or another of the two major blocks.
~ Omar Bongo
El término «tercer mundo» se había acuñado en Francia a principios de los cincuenta para describir a los países que estaban económicamente subdesarrollados y políticamente no alineados, de manera que guardaban las distancias con respecto al capitalismo liberal del primer mundo y a los estados socialistas del segundo mundo.
~ Lawrence Freedman