Most Cited Figures (1960-1969)
U Thant took over as Secretary-General after Dag Hammarskjold's tragic death in a plane crash in 1961. Kennedy and Khrushchev dominated Cold War discourse, especially during the Cuban Missile Crisis. African leaders like Nkrumah and Nehru championed the Non-Aligned Movement.
Notable Quotations
"Satisfaction lies in the effort, not in the attainment"
Mahatma Gandhi•Cited by India (1968)
View Speech →"You can fool some of the people all of the time and all of the people some of the time, but you can"
Abraham Lincoln•Cited by Libya (1967)
View Speech →"nothing that is done in Asia, in war or in peace, can be done without China"
Charles de Gaulle•Cited by Congo, Brazzavile (1966)
View Speech →"the dogmas of the quiet past are inadequate to the stormy present. The occasion is piled high with difficulty, and we must rise with the occasion. As our case is new, so we must think anew, and act anew"
Abraham Lincoln•Cited by Chile (1964)
View Speech →"Since atomic war would divest any future of its meaning, it gives us complete freedom of action. We have nothing to lose except everything. So let"
Albert Camus•Cited by Canada (1963)
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