Signs of the Times

U Thant, Acting Secretary-General of the United Nations as reported in The New York Times New York, New York

Mr. Thant says the theory that world tensions arise from conflicts between different civilizations is a fallacy. "I feel strongly that conflicts between nations or individuals generally arise not out of viewpoints in their civilization but from uncivilized elements in their character," he said in a recent lecture.

Dr. Charles H. Malik, Former President of the UN General Assembly in The Rotarian Evanston, Illinois

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March 24, 1962
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