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U Thant Quotes

1909–1974 Myanmar

U Thant (22 January 1909 – 25 November 1974) was a Burmese diplomat and the third secretary-general of the United Nations from 1961 to 1971, the first non-Scandinavian to hold the position. He held the office for a record 10 years and one month.

Myanmar
Diplomats

Also known as: Thant, U

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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.

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

View from the UN (1978)

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

Every human being, of whatever origin, of whatever station, deserves respect. We must each respect others even as we respect ourselves. This, as the sages of many lands have taught us, is a golden rule in individual and group, as well as international, relations.

Portfolio for Peace (1968)

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