#nations

In the 21st century, I believe the mission of the United Nations will be defined by a new, more profound awareness of the sanctity and dignity of every human life, regardless of race or religion. ↗

— Kofi Annan

#awareness #believe #century #defined #dignity

I have never participated directly or indirectly in any business related to the United Nations. ↗

— Kojo Annan

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What wild imaginations one forms where dear self is concerned! How sure to be mistaken! ↗

— Jane Austen

#dear #forms #how #imaginations #mistaken

To harmonize the One with the Many, this is indeed a difficult adjustment, perhaps the most difficult of all, and so important, withal, that nations have perished from their failure to achieve it. ↗

— Irving Babbitt

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The instinct to impersonate produces the actor; the desire to provide pleasure by impersonations produces the playwright; the desire to provide this pleasure with adequate characterization and dialogue memorable in itself produces dramatic literature. ↗

— George P. Baker

#adequate #characterization #desire #dialogue #dramatic

Another cause of change, one less noticeable but fundamental, is the modern growth of population closely connected with scientific and medical discoveries. It is interesting that the United Nations has set up a special Commission to study this question. ↗

— Emily Greene Balch

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There is a strong tendency in explanatory prose to invoke quantities of tension, energy, and whatnot to explain the genesis of pattern. I believe that all such explanations are inappropriate or wrong. ↗

— Gregory Bateson

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We should never rush into folly just because other nations are practicing it. ↗

— Leon Kass

#folly #into #just #just because #nations

All these other nations seem to appreciate what I'm doing and they want me to play the furthest out things. ↗

— Sun Ra

#doing #furthest #i #me #nations

Free trade is very important if we respect equality among nations. ↗

— Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva

#equality #free #free trade #important #nations