U Thant Quotes
As a Buddhist, I was trained to be tolerant of everything except intolerance.
Citations
U Thant, 1909-1974, United Nations Secretary General, View from the UN, 1978
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Thant, known honorifically as U Thant (/uː θɑːnt/), 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.