Top 13 U Thant Quotes

#1. 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 a war.

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

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

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#4. World federalists hold before us the vision of a unified mankind living in peace under a just world order ... The heart of their program-a world under law- is realistic and attainable.

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

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

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

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

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

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#11. The concept of peaceful coexistence has been criticized by many who do not see the need to make the world safe for diversity. I wonder if they have ever paused to ask themselves the question: What is the alternative to coexistence?

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

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

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