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Boutros Boutros-Ghali Quotes

1922–2016

Boutros Boutros-Ghali (14 November 1922 – 16 February 2016) was an Egyptian diplomat who was the sixth Secretary-General of the United Nations from January 1992 to December 1996.

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No, because Disneyland is not an independent state.

Only stupid people don't change their minds.

Since the creation of the United Nations in 1945, over 100 major conflicts around the world have left some 20 million dead.

I am Boutros Boutros-Ghali; put down your guns and listen to Bob Marley.

The lesson I learned in Cairo still applies. The only way to deal with bureaucrats is with stealth and sudden violence.

I believe it will take time to find a solution to the problem. Thus we must have patience.

Disneyland is not an independent state.

The days of dictatorship are over. … We have come a long way. Millions of Egyptians and Iraqis have cast their votes at the ballot box. The Palestinians will follow suit.

There are signs that the system of collective security established in San Francisco nearly 50 years ago [at the founding of the UN] is finally beginning to work as conceived . . . We are on the way to achieving a workable international system.

Cultural pluralism is as important as political and multi- party pluralism. Religious, linguistic and cultural pluralism are vitally important hallmarks of a true democracy. We are against cultural hegemony of any sort. Diversity is a mark of a healthy democracy.

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Boutros Boutros-Ghali (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.