“The presidency of the United Nations was not thrust upon me overnight. I had to grow up to the measurements it demanded… — Carlos P. Romulo Copy Share Image
“I knew nothing at all of the art of diplomacy, which I have since diagnosed as the ability to make the nastiest… — Carlos P. Romulo Copy Share Image
“You might wonder that I who who have served you in the field of diplomacy should set so much store by the… — Carlos P. Romulo Copy Share Image
“A successful ambassador has to bring the bacon home without spilling the beans.” — Carlos P. Romulo Copy Share Image
“Pierre J. Huss pleased me with his comment: "Thanks to him (Romulo) the United Nations has 'independence' in its Charter, one of… — Carlos P. Romulo Copy Share Image
“Agreements in the organizations of world power are never reached on the floor. They are made in the delegates' lounge and corridors… — Carlos P. Romulo Copy Share Image
“This proved to me that no matter how diametrically opposed your views may be from another's if you can succeed in knowing… — Carlos P. Romulo Copy Share Image
A strengthened national spirit can provide the motive power to rise our people from the depths and... pour new life and vigor in the… — Carlos P. Romulo Copy Share
“Don Alejandro cut in with advice I have never forgotten. "It is only when a man knows reason is not on his side that… — Carlos P. Romulo Copy Share
“From this time on, my life would be written in headlines, but I am not concerned with them. It was the marginal notations of… — Carlos P. Romulo Copy Share
“I am a Filipino born to freedom, and I shall not rest until freedom shall have been added unto my inheritance—for myself and my… — Carlos P. Romulo Copy Share
“The presidency of the United Nations was not thrust upon me overnight. I had to grow up to the measurements it demanded of a… — Carlos P. Romulo Copy Share
“For my grandchildren . . . and all children—this book is written with hopes of the time to come, when no child shall lie… — Carlos P. Romulo Copy Share
“To do my best, to increase and never lessen my country's pride was the underlying motivation of all I might attempt. ... I had… — Carlos P. Romulo Copy Share
Never forget, Americans, that yours is a spiritual country. Yes, I know you're a practical people. Like others, I've marveled at your factories, your… — Carlos P. Romulo Copy Share
“For freedom would not be easy. It never is. It would be more difficult for the Philippines than for many countries, because we had… — Carlos P. Romulo Copy Share
“I knew nothing at all of the art of diplomacy, which I have since diagnosed as the ability to make the nastiest possible comment… — Carlos P. Romulo Copy Share
Our world is constantly in change and the great change is always toward freedom. When we speak of freedom we speak of equality. Nations… — Carlos P. Romulo Copy Share
“Mine was a good race. Ours was a good country. I loved every foot of it that I knew...I had been reared in a… — Carlos P. Romulo Copy Share
“You might wonder that I who who have served you in the field of diplomacy should set so much store by the power of… — Carlos P. Romulo Copy Share
“A successful ambassador has to bring the bacon home without spilling the beans.” — Carlos P. Romulo Copy Share
