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War Quotes by Ban Ki-moon
- Millions of people in nearly 80 countries still live in fear of landmines and explosive remnants of war, which take an unacceptable toll on lives…
- For my generation, coming of age at the height of the Cold War, fear of nuclear winter seemed the leading existential threat on the horizon.…
- I grew up in war and saw the United Nations help my country to recover and rebuild. That experience was a big part of what…
- Women can drive progress towards the central goals of mine action, which aims to increase security, rebuild communities, reclaim land and end the looming fear…
- Do not hide behind utopian logic which says that until we have the perfect security environment, nuclear disarmament cannot proceed. This is old-think. This is…
- We must eliminate all nuclear weapons in order to eliminate the grave risk they pose to our world. This will require persistent efforts by all…
- As a child growing up during the Korean War, I knew poverty. I studied by candlelight.
- When I was six, the Korean War broke out, and all the classrooms were destroyed by war. We studied under the trees or in whatever…
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- Upon his royal face there is no note how dread an army hath enrounded him. — William Shakespeare
- Men of sense often learn from their enemies. It is from their foes, not their friends, that cities learn the lesson of… — Aristophanes
- O, Thou hast damnable iteration; and art, indeed, able to corrupt a saint. — William Shakespeare
- There live not three good men unhanged in England; and one of them is fat and grows old. — William Shakespeare