Dag Hammarskjöld vs. George Bernard Shaw
Side-by-side comparison of two thinkers
Dag Hammarskjöld
1905 – 1961
Dag Hjalmar Agne Carl Hammarskjöld was a Swedish economist and diplomat who served as the second secretary-general of the United Nations from April 1953 until his death in a plane crash in September 1961. As of 2026, he remains the youngest person to have held the post, having been only 47 years old when he was elected. He was a son of Hjalmar Hammarskjöld, who served as Prime Minister of Sweden from 1914 to 1917.
"When you have reached the point where you no longer expect a response, you will at last be able to give in such a way that the other is able to receive, and be …"
George Bernard Shaw
1856 – 1950
George Bernard Shaw, known at his insistence as Bernard Shaw, was an Irish playwright, critic, polemicist and political activist. His influence on Western theatre, culture and politics extended from the 1880s to his death and beyond. He wrote more than sixty plays, including major works such as Man and Superman (1902), Pygmalion (1913) and Saint Joan (1923).
"There is no love sincerer than the love of food."
Connections
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