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

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

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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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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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As a Buddhist, I was trained to be tolerant of everything except intolerance

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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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