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Kofi Annan (Diplomat)

Knowledge is power. Information is liberating. Education is the premise of progress, in every society, in every family.
— Kofi Annan family
Gender equality is more than a goal in itself. It is a precondition for meeting the challenge of reducing poverty, promoting sustainable development and building good governance.
— Kofi Annan men
It has been said that arguing against globalization is like arguing against the laws of gravity.
— Kofi Annan law
In their greatest hour of need, the world failed the people of Rwanda.
— Kofi Annan people
On climate change, we often don't fully appreciate that it is a problem. We think it is a problem waiting to happen.
— Kofi Annan change
Education is a human right with immense power to transform. On its foundation rest the cornerstones of freedom, democracy and sustainable human development.
— Kofi Annan freedom
More than ever before in human history, we share a common destiny. We can master it only if we face it together. And that, my friends, is why we have the United Nations.
— Kofi Annan history
To live is to choose. But to choose well, you must know who you are and what you stand for, where you want to go and why you want to get there.
— Kofi Annan live
In the 21st century, I believe the mission of the United Nations will be defined by a new, more profound awareness of the sanctity and dignity of every human life, regardless of race or religion.
— Kofi Annan life
We cannot wait for governments to do it all. Globalization operates on Internet time. Governments tend to be slow moving by nature, because they have to build political support for every step.
— Kofi Annan time
Unfortunately, very few governments think about youth unemployment when they are drawing up their national plans.
— Kofi Annan men
We need to think of the future and the planet we are going to leave to our children and their children.
— Kofi Annan children
We must ensure that the global market is embedded in broadly shared values and practices that reflect global social needs, and that all the world's people share the benefits of globalization.
— Kofi Annan people
Above all else, we need a reaffirmation of political commitment at the highest levels to reducing the dangers that arise both from existing nuclear weapons and from further proliferation.
— Kofi Annan life
Many African leaders refuse to send their troops on peace keeping missions abroad because they probably need their armies to intimidate their own populations.
— Kofi Annan peace
We need to keep hope alive and strive to do better.
— Kofi Annan hope
If one is going to err, one should err on the side of liberty and freedom.
— Kofi Annan freedom
If we can come up with innovations and train young people to take on new jobs, and if we can switch to clean energy, I think we have the capacity to build this world not dependent on fossil-fuel. I think it will happen, and it won't destroy economy.
— Kofi Annan people
I have always believed that on important issues, the leaders must lead. Where the leaders fail to lead, and people are really concerned about it, the people will take the lead and make the leaders follow.
— Kofi Annan people
The question is the morning after. What sort of Iraq do we wake up to after the bombing? What happens in the region? What impact could it have? These are questions leaders I have spoken to have posed.
— Kofi Annan leaders
In the rush for justice it is important not to lose sight of principles the country holds dear.
— Kofi Annan justice
More countries have understood that women's equality is a prerequisite for development.
— Kofi Annan women
There is no development strategy more beneficial to society as a whole - women and men alike - than the one which involves women as central players.
— Kofi Annan women
Open markets offer the only realistic hope of pulling billions of people in developing countries out of abject poverty, while sustaining prosperity in the industrialized world.
— Kofi Annan hope
The Lord had the wonderful advantage of being able to work alone.
— Kofi Annan work
There is no trust more sacred than the one the world holds with children.
— Kofi Annan children
would be insufficient to address, even as a temporary measure, all the humanitarian needs of the Iraqi people.
— Kofi Annan people
More countries have understood that womens equality is a prerequisite for development.
— Kofi Annan women

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