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Portrait of U Thant

U Thant

(1909–1974) Politician

19 quotes in 176 categories

U Thant was a politician, best known for Public papers of the Secretaries-General of the United Nations.

Quick Facts About U Thant

Born: January 22, 1909
Died: November 25, 1974
Profession: Politician
Notable works: Public papers of the Secretaries-General of the United Nations

About U Thant

Thant, known honorifically as U Thant, was a Burmese diplomat and the third secretary-general of the United Nations from 1961 to 1971, the first non-Scandinavian as well as Asian to hold the position. He held the office for a record 10 years and one month.

Biography source: Wikipedia

Quotes by U Thant

Wars begin in the minds of men, and in those minds, love and compassion would have built the defenses of peace.

Begin

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I don't like to be disturbed at home; I tell the cable office not to call me before 6:30 AM, unless there's…

Cables

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The war we have to wage today has only one goal and that is to make the world safe for diversity.

Diversity

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The law of love and compassion for all living creatures is again a doctrine to which we are all too ready to…

Built

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To understand my feelings — and my conception of the role of Secretary General — the nature of my religious and cultural…

Backgrounds

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Understanding, love and tolerance are the highest forms of interest on out small and interdependent planet.

Form

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The world will not Change and find peace if there is not a new education.

Education

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The single most important impediment to global institutions is the concept of "my country, right or wrong".

Concepts

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The concept of peaceful coexistence has been criticized by many who do not see the need to make the world safe for…

Alternatives

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The Universal Declaration of Human Rights - This great and inspiring instrument was born of an increased sense of responsibility by the…

Assured

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As a Buddhist, I was trained to be tolerant of everything except intolerance

Buddhism

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As a Buddhist, I was trained to be tolerant of everything except intolerance. I was brought up not only to develop the…

Buddhism

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World federalists hold before us the vision of a unified mankind living in peace under a just world order... The heart of…

Dreams

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I am afraid if the present trend in Vietnam continues that direct confrontation, first of all between Washington and Peking, is inevitable.

Confrontation

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As we watch the sun go down, evening after evening, through the smog across the poisoned waters of our native earth, we…

Air

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Wars begin in the minds of men, and in those minds, love andcompassion would have built the defenses of peace.

Built

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In modern war there is no such thing as victor and vanquished... There is only a loser, and the loser is mankind.

Anti war

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Every human being, of whatever origin, of whatever station, deserves respect. We must each respect others even as we respect ourselves.

Deserve

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Governments, systems, ideologies come and go, but it is humanity which remains.

Comes and goes

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