U Thant Quotes (10+)

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

What is the alternative to coexistence?

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

In modern war there is no such thing as victor and vanquished... There is only a loser, and the loser is mankind.

The concept of 'my country, right or wrong' is a major impediment to global institutions.

Governments, systems, ideologies come and go, but it is humanity which remains.

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.

Every human being, of whatever origin, of whatever station, deserves respect.

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

About the Author

U Thant (1909–1974) was a Burmese diplomat and the third Secretary-General of the United Nations. He was a champion of peace and tolerance, mediating major global crises during his decade-long tenure.