U Thant Quotes

A crusade for multiculturalism in the post-Soviet world is a prescription for perpetual war.

There’s no reason to be upset. This was a display of pluralism. We Mexicans need to get used to new times.

We cannot make the world safe for democracy unless we also make the world safe for diversity.

The main hope of harmony in our troubled world lies rather in the plurality of our identities, which intertwine with each other and are resistant to drastic divisions

If we cannot end now our differences, at least we can help make the world safe for diversity.

What people often mean by getting rid of conflict is getting rid of diversity, and it is of the utmost importance that these should not be considered the same.

The vision of a nation formed from many different peoples bound together by a common love of freedom was staked out long before our lifetimes or even our parents' or grandparents' lifetimes.

In Europe, the big word is tolerance. You tolerate everything.

Americans have always welcomed people of all backgrounds, religions, and races. It's a spirit of tolerance, now energized and amplified by the cult of multiculturalism.

In remembering the appalling suffering of war on both sides, we recognise how precious is the peace we have built in Europe since 1945.

The war we have to wage today has only one goal and that is to make the world safe for diversity.

We are increasingly recognising and accepting, respecting and celebrating, our cultural diversity.

The choice, however, is as clear now for nations as it was once for the individual: peace or extinction.

In a unified and diverse Spain, based on the equality of and solidarity between its people, there is room for all of us. And for all of our feelings and sensitivities and our distinct ways of being Spaniards.

We are enriched by our reciprocate differences.

A people free to choose will always choose peace.

What we have to do... is to find a way to celebrate our diversity and debate our differences without fracturing our communities.

A state of true and universal tolerance is best ensured by leaving alone the peculiarities of men and peoples.

Above all there is our fixed joint determination to build a strong and united Fiji, rich in diversity and pampered with tolerance, goodwill and understanding.

In a multi-racial society, trust, understanding and tolerance are the cornerstones of peace and order

We are a unique country — multi-cultural, multi-ethnic and multi-religious. Therefore, out of necessity, we need to moderate our positions. There is no harm in seeking solidarity of one's race but we must accept the basic truth that each one of us needs to communicate peacefully across the racial divide for the betterment of one's community.

I can predict with absolute certainty that within another generation there will be another world war if the nations of the world do not concert the method by which to prevent it.

Peace at home. Peace in the world.

If tolerance of diversity involves an admitted element of risk to national unity, intolerance involves a certainty that unity will be destroyed.

We must learn that we can disagree with each other without becoming deadly enemies.