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  • hearts are the strongest when they beat in response to noble ideals.

  • Man has but little heeded the advice of the wise men. He has been - fatefully, if not willingly - less virtuous, less constant, less rational, less peaceful than he knows how to be, than he is fully capable of being. He has been led astray from the ways of peace and brotherhood by his addiction to concepts and attitudes of narrow nationalism, racial and religious bigotry, greed and lust for power.

    Wise   Wisdom   Religious  
  • Peace is no mere matter of men fighting or not fighting. Peace, to have meaning for many who have known only suffering in both peace and war, must be translated into bread or rice, shelter, health, and education, as well as freedom and human dignity - a steadily better life. If peace is to be secure, long-suffering and long-starved, forgotten peoples of the world, the underprivileged and the undernourished, must begin to realize without delay the promise of a new day and a new life.

    "Some Reflections on Peace in Our Time". Ralph Bunche's Nobel lecture, www.nobelprize.org. December 11, 1950.
  • If you want to get an idea across, wrap it up in a person.

  • You can surmount the obstacles in your path if you are determined, courageous and hard-working. Never be faint-hearted. Be resolute, but never bitter.

  • The United Nations stands for the freedom and equality of all peoples, irrespective of race, religion, or ideology.

    Equality   Race   Unesco  
  • And so class will some day supplant race in world affairs. Race war will then be merely a side-show to the gigantic class war which will be waged in the big tent we call the world.

    War   Race   Class  
  • The United Nations exists not merely to preserve the peace but also to make change - even radical change - possible without violent upheaval. The United Nations has no vested interest in the status quo. It seeks a more secure world, a better world, a world of progress for all peoples. In the dynamic world society which is the objective of the United Nations, all peoples must have equality and equal rights.

    "Some Reflections on Peace in Our Time". Nobel Lecture, www.nobelprize.org. December 11, 1950.
  • There is no problem of human nature which is insoluble.

    Nature   Problem   Humans  
  • To make our way, we must have firm resolve, persistence, tenacity. We must gear ourselves to work hard all the way. We can never let up.

  • To suggest that war can prevent war is a base play on words and a despicable form of warmongering. The objective of any who sincerely believe in peace clearly must be to exhaust every honorable recourse in the effort to save the peace. The world has had ample evidence that war begets only conditions that beget further war.

    Peace   War   Believe  
    "Some Reflections on Peace in Our Time". Ralph J. Bunche - Nobel Lecture, www.nobelprize.org. December 11, 1950.
  • The United Nations is our one great hope for a peaceful and free world.

    Love   Peace   World  
  • We must fight as a race for everything that makes for a better country and a better world. We are dreaming idiots and trusting fools to do anything less.

  • The well-being and the hopes of the peoples of the world can never be served until peace - as well as freedom, honor and self-respect - is secure.

    Respect   Peace   Freedom  
    "Some Reflections on Peace in Our Time". Ralph Bunche's Nobel lecture, www.nobelprize.org. December 11, 1950.
  • Peace, to have meaning for many who have only known suffering in both peace and war, must be translated into bread or rice, shelter, health and education, as well as freedom and human dignity.

    Education   Peace   War  
  • I have a deep-seated bias against hate and intolerance. I have a bias against racial and religious bigotry. I have a bias that leads me to believe in the essential goodness of my fellow man, which leads me to believe that no problem of human relations is ever insoluble.

    Ralph J. Bunche “Fighter for Peace”
  • There are no warlike people, just warlike leaders.

    Peace   War   Ubuntu  
  • In his scientific genius, man has wrought material miracles and has transformed his world. He has harnassed nature and has developed great civilizations. But he has never learned very well how to live with himself. The values he has created have been predominantly materialistic; his spiritual values have lagged far behind. He has demonstrated little spiritual genius and has made little progress toward the realization of human brotherhood. In the contemporary atomic age, this could prove man's fatal weakness.

    God   Spiritual   Men  
  • We can never have too much preparation and training. We must be a strong competitor. We must adhere staunchly to the basic principle that anything less than full equality is not enough. If we compromise on that principle our soul is dead.

    Strong   Equality   Soul  
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Ralph Bunche

  • Born: August 7, 1903
  • Died: December 9, 1971
  • Occupation: Diplomat