As we watch the sun go down, evening after evening, through the smog across the poisoned waters of our native earth, we must ask ourselves seriously whether we really wish some future universal historian on another planet to say about us: "With all their genius and with all their skill, they ran out of foresight and air and food and water and ideas," or, They went on playing politics until their world collapsed around them.

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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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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 heart of their program-a world under law- is realistic and attainable.

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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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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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Respect for the truth comes close to being the basis for all morality.

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

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

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