Trygve Lie
Trygve Lie
Trygve Halvdan Lie; 16 July 1896 – 30 December 1968) was a Norwegian politician, labour leader, government official and author. He served as Norwegian Foreign minister during the critical years of the Norwegian government in exile in London from 1940 to 1945. From 1946 to 1952 he was the first Secretary-General of the United Nations. Lie earned a reputation as a pragmatic, determined politician...
NationalityNorwegian
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth16 July 1896
CountryNorway
real cutting diplomats
A real diplomat is one who can cut his neighbor's throat without having his neighbor notice it.
disappointment past rivers
I shall take all the troubles of the past, all the disappointments, all the headaches, and I shall pack them in a bag and throw them in the East River.