Freedom from fear’ could be said to sum up the whole philosophy of human rights.
DAG HAMMARSKJOLDConstant attention by a good nurse may be just as important as a major operation by a surgeon.
More Dag Hammarskjold Quotes
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The Assembly has witnessed over the last weeks how historical truth is established; once an allegation has been repeated a few times.
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Time always seems long to the child who is waiting – for Christmas, for next summer, for becoming a grownup: long also when he surrenders his whole soul to each moment of a happy day.
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The pursuit of peace and progress, with its trials and its errors, its successes and its setbacks, can never be relaxed and never abandoned.
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The pursuit of peace and progress cannot end in a few years in either victory or defeat.
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It is when we all play safe that we create a world of utmost insecurity.
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The more faithfully you listen to the voices within you, the better you will hear what is sounding outside.
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The longest journey is the journey inwards. Of him who has chosen his destiny, Who has started upon his quest for the source of his being.
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Praise those of your critics for whom nothing is up to standard.
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The only kind of dignity which is genuine is that which is not diminished by the indifference of others.
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Destiny is something not be to desired and not to be avoided. a mystery not contrary to reason, for it implies that the world, and the course of human history, have meaning.
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What makes loneliness an anguish is not that I have no one to share my burden, but this: I have only my own burden to bear.
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Never for the sake of peace and quiet deny your convictions.
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I never discuss discussions.
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It is no longer an allegation, it is an established fact, even if no evidence has been brought out in order to support it.
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It is easy to be nice, even to an enemy – from lack of character.
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