"To understand my feelings — and my conception……" — U Thant
"To understand my feelings — and my conception of the role of Secretary General — the nature of my religious and cultural background must first be understood. I should therefore like to outline not only my beliefs but also my conception of human institutions and of the human situation itself."
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16 Quotes by U Thant
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As we watch the sun go down, evening after evening, through the smog across the poisoned waters of our native…
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The Universal Declaration of Human Rights - This great and inspiring instrument was born of an increased sense of responsibility…
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The war we have to wage today has only one goal and that is to make the world safe for…
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Governments, systems, ideologies come and go, but it is humanity which remains.
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The law of love and compassion for all living creatures is again a doctrine to which we are all too…
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As a Buddhist, I was trained to be tolerant of everything except intolerance
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World federalists hold before us the vision of a unified mankind living in peace under a just world order... The…
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The world will not Change and find peace if there is not a new education.
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As a Buddhist, I was trained to be tolerant of everything except intolerance. I was brought up not only to…
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The concept of peaceful coexistence has been criticized by many who do not see the need to make the world…
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I am afraid if the present trend in Vietnam continues that direct confrontation, first of all between Washington and Peking,…
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Every human being, of whatever origin, of whatever station, deserves respect. We must each respect others even as we respect…
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