Hear No Evil, Speak No Evil, See No Evil Pin
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Title Hear No Evil, Speak No Evil, See No Evil Pin
Date 2000
Designer Iradj Moini, USA
Materials Tagua Nuts, Yellow Gold-Plated Base Metal, Simulated Pearls, Antique German Glass Cabochons, Crystals
Size 1.2" x 2.1"
(3cm x 5.3cm)
Hear No Evil
In 1999, President Clinton met with Albright and Defense Secretary Bill Cohen prior to a summit of NATO leaders. When a photographer was shown in, the president, to dramatize the need for discretion, clamped his hand over his mouth. Cohen then covered his ears and Albright her eyes. “We literally made monkeys of ourselves, mimicking the well-known adage, ‘hear no evil, speak no evil, see no evil,’” said Secretary Albright. Inspired by the photo, Albright found a set of monkey pins to wear when warning of the need to recognize and confront evil.
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