A universal renunciation of violence requires the commitment of the whole of society. These are not matters of government but matters of State; not o…

- Federico Mayor Zaragoza

Critical remarks are only made by people who love you.

- Federico Mayor Zaragoza

The cost in human lives and suffering is so high that we all have to work to end violence and oppression once and for all. We have to proclaim that e…

- Federico Mayor Zaragoza

Winning peace means the triumph of our pledge to establish, on a democratic basis, a new social framework of tolerance and generosity from which no o…

- Federico Mayor Zaragoza

It is intolerable that the world's religions - founded on the values of love and compassion - should provide a pretext for the expression of hatred a…

- Federico Mayor Zaragoza

UNESCO is the conscience of the United Nations.

- Federico Mayor Zaragoza

The path toward peace is much easier than the path toward war and confrontation.

- Federico Mayor Zaragoza