The law of love and compassion for all living creatures is again a doctrine to which we are all too ready to pay slip service. However, if it is to become a reality, it requires a process of education, a veritable mental renaissance. Once it has become a reality, national as well as international problems will fall into perspectives and become easier to solve. Wars and conflicts, too, will then become a thing of the past, because wars begin in the minds of men, and in those minds love and compassion would have built the defenses of peace.
U ThantWorld 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.
U ThantEvery human being, of whatever origin, of whatever station, deserves respect. We must each respect others even as we respect ourselves.
U ThantI 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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