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TOP 20 Kofi Annan Quotes
TOP 20 Kofi Annan Quotes.
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“Literacy is a bridge from misery to hope.”
— Kofi Annan (00:00)
“You are never too young to lead.”
— Kofi Annan (00:07)
“Education is, quite simply, peace-building by another name. It is the most effective form of defense spending there is.”
— Kofi Annan (00:14)
“Microfinance is an idea whose time has come.”
— Kofi Annan (00:21)
“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 (00:28)
“We may have different religions, different languages, different colored skin, but we all belong to one human race.”
— Kofi Annan (00:35)
“On this International Day of Peace, let us dare to imagine a world free of conflict and violence.”
— Kofi Annan (00:42)
“The future of peace and prosperity that we seek for all the world’s peoples needs a foundation of tolerance, security, equality and justice.”
— Kofi Annan (00:49)
“Education is the great equalizer of our time. It gives hope to the hopeless and creates chances for those without...”
— Kofi Annan (00:56)
“Let us be good stewards of the Earth we inherited. All of us have to share the Earth’s fragile ecosystems and precious resources, and each of us has a role to play in preserving them. If we are to go on living together on this earth, we must all be responsible for it.”
— Kofi Annan (01:03)
“For everyone, everywhere, literacy is, along with education in general, a basic human right.”
— Kofi Annan (01:10)
“Children are our future and if we use them in battle, we are destroying the future. We must reclaim them, every one of them, one at a time.”
— Kofi Annan (01:17)
“The United Nations, whose membership comprises almost all the states in the world, is founded on the principle of the equal worth of every human being.”
— Kofi Annan (01:24)
“Peace is never a perfect achievement.”
— Kofi Annan (01:31)
“It is my aspiration that health finally will be seen not as a blessing to be wished for, but as a human right to be fought for.”
— Kofi Annan (01:38)
“Ignorance and prejudice are the handmaidens of propaganda. Our mission, therefore, is to confront ignorance with knowledge, bigotry with tolerance, and isolation with the outstretched hand of generosity. Racism can, will, and must be defeated.”
— Kofi Annan (01:45)
“Extreme poverty anywhere is a threat to human security everywhere.”
— Kofi Annan (01:52)
“Literacy unlocks the door to learning throughout life, is essential to development and health, and opens the way for democratic participation and active citizenship.”
— Kofi Annan (01:59)
“We need to create a world that is equitable, that is stable and a world where we bear in mind the needs of others, and not only what we need immediately. We are all in the same boat.”
— Kofi Annan (02:06)
“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 (02:13)
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