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Top 10 U Thant Quotes (2026 Update)

U Thant Quote: “Every human being, of whatever origin, of whatever station, deserves respect. We must each respect others even as we respect ourselves.”

1. “Every human being, of whatever origin, of whatever station, deserves respect. We must each respect others even as we respect ourselves.”

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U Thant Quote: “The concept of peaceful coexistence has been criticized by many who do not see the need to make the world safe for diversity. I wonder if they have ever paused to ask themselves the question: What is the alternative to coexistence?”

2. “The concept of peaceful coexistence has been criticized by many who do not see the need to make the world safe for diversity. I wonder if they have ever paused to ask themselves the question: What is the alternative to coexistence?”

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U Thant Quote: “As a Buddhist, I was trained to be tolerant of everything except intolerance.”

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

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U Thant Quote: “The world will not Change and find peace if there is not a new education.”

4. “The world will not Change and find peace if there is not a new education.”

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U Thant Quote: “Respect for the truth comes close to being the basis for all morality.”

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

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U Thant Quote: “Understanding, love and tolerance are the highest forms of interest on out small and interdependent planet.”

6. “Understanding, love and tolerance are the highest forms of interest on out small and interdependent planet.”

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U Thant Quote: “Governments, systems, ideologies come and go, but it is humanity which remains.”

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

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U Thant Quote: “Wars begin in the minds of men, and in those minds, love andcompassion would have built the defenses of peace.”

8. “Wars begin in the minds of men, and in those minds, love andcompassion would have built the defenses of peace.”

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U Thant Quote: “The war we have to wage today has only one goal and that is to make the world safe for diversity.”

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

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U Thant Quote: “To understand my feelings – and my conception of the role of Secretary General – the nature of my religious and cultural background must first be understood. I should therefore like to outline not only my beliefs but also my conception of human institutions and of the human situation itself.”

10. “To understand my feelings – and my conception of the role of Secretary General – the nature of my religious and cultural background must first be understood. I should therefore like to outline not only my beliefs but also my conception of human institutions and of the human situation itself.”

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U Thant Quote: “The single most important impediment to global institutions is the concept of “my country, right or wrong”.”

11. “The single most important impediment to global institutions is the concept of “my country, right or wrong”.”

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U Thant Quote: “I am afraid if the present trend in Vietnam continues that direct confrontation, first of all between Washington and Peking, is inevitable.”

12. “I am afraid if the present trend in Vietnam continues that direct confrontation, first of all between Washington and Peking, is inevitable.”

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U Thant Quote: “I 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.”

13. “I 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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