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One Quotes by Ban Ki-moon
- Nuclear terrorism is one of the most serious threats of our time. Even one such attack could inflict mass casualties and create immense suffering and…
- The taking of life is too absolute, too irreversible, for one human being to inflict on another, even when backed by legal process... Where the…
- Given the nature and magnitude of the challenge, national action alone is insufficient. No nation can address this challenge on its own. No region can…
- In a world of plenty, no one, not a single person, should go hungry. But almost 1 billion still do not have enough to eat.…
- Saving our planet, lifting people out of poverty, advancing economic growth – these are one and the same fight.
- There is one universal truth, applicable to all countries, cultures and communities: violence against women is never acceptable, never excusable, never tolerable.
- It is up to each and every one of us to raise our voice against crimes that deprive countless victims of their liberty, dignity and…
- All nuclear material in weapons programmes must be subject one day to binding international verification.
- I was profoundly moved to be the first United Nations Secretary-General to attend the Peace Memorial Ceremony in Hiroshima. I also visited Nagasaki. Sadly, we…
- Nuclear disarmament is one of the greatest legacies we can pass on to future generations.
- The U.N. might not be the most luxurious place to work, but it certainly is one of the most important places in the world.
- Personally, I do not know whether humankind is alone in this vast universe. But I do know that we should cherish our existence on this…
- One of the main lessons I have learned during my five years as Secretary-General is that broad partnerships are the key to solving broad challenges.…
- One of the main lessons I have learned the last five years as Secretary-General is that the United Nations cannot function properly without the support…
- One of my earliest memories is walking up a muddy road into the mountains. It was raining. Behind me, my village was burning. When there…
- The good name of the United Nations is one of its most valuable assets - but also one of its most vulnerable. The Charter calls…
- New York is one of the greatest cities in the world. It is a fitting host to its many international visitors, who can come to…
More One Quotes
- In order to go on living one must try to escape the death involved in perfectionism. — Hannah Arendt
- Power and violence are opposites; where the one rules absolutely, the other is absent. Violence appears where power is in jeopardy, but… — Hannah Arendt
- Poets are the only people to whom love is not only a crucial, but an indispensable experience, which entitles them to mistake… — Hannah Arendt
- Economic growth may one day turn out to be a curse rather than a good, and under no conditions can it either… — Hannah Arendt
- To be free in an age like ours, one must be in a position of authority. That in itself would be enough… — Hannah Arendt
- No cause is left but the most ancient of all, the one, in fact, that from the beginning of our history has… — Hannah Arendt
- The defiance of established authority, religious and secular, social and political, as a world-wide phenomenon may well one day be accounted the… — Hannah Arendt
- Where all are guilty, no one is; confessions of collective guilt are the best possible safeguard against the discovery of culprits, and… — Hannah Arendt
- I find that it's hard to fully examine one's life and not have faith be part of the discussion. — J. J. Abrams
- The most perfect political community is one in which the middle class is in control, and outnumbers both of the other classes. — Aristotle
- All human actions have one or more of these seven causes: chance, nature, compulsions, habit, reason, passion, desire. — Aristotle
- Jealousy is both reasonable and belongs to reasonable men, while envy is base and belongs to the base, for the one makes… — Aristotle