George H. W. Bush Quote

What is at stake here is more than one small country [Kuwait]. It is a big idea — a new world order, where diverse nations are drawn together in a common cause to achieve the universal aspirations of mankind: peace and security, freedom, and the rule of law.

Quoted by Talbot, S., in 'Post Victory Blues', in Foreign Affairs: America and the World, vol.71, no.l, 1992, p.58.