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More Quotes by U Thant
Understanding, love and tolerance are the highest forms of interest on out small and interdependent planet.
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.
In modern war there is no such thing as victor and vanquished... There is only a loser, and the loser is mankind.
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.
Every human being, of whatever origin, of whatever station, deserves respect. We must each respect others even as we respect ourselves.
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights - This great and inspiring instrument was born of an increased sense of responsibility by the international community for the promotion and protection of man's basic rights and freedoms. The world has come to a clear realization of the fact that freedom, justice and world peace can only be assured through the international promotion and protection of these rights and freedoms.
As a Buddhist, I was trained to be tolerant of everything except intolerance
Governments, systems, ideologies come and go, but it is humanity which remains.
The single most important impediment to global institutions is the concept of "my country, right or wrong".
I am afraid if the present trend in Vietnam continues that direct confrontation, first of all between Washington and Peking, is inevitable.
