Quotes by Kofi Annan

Kofi Annan

Kofi Annan

Ghanaian diplomat

Lived from: 1938 - 2018

Category: Politics Country: FlagGhana

Born: 8 april 1938 Died: 18 august 2018

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  • If you are neutral in a situation where one side is patently being mistreated, the conclusion is that you're siding with this wrong.
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  • 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.
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  • Literacy is a bridge from misery to hope.
    The quotable Kofi Annan: selections from speeches and statements by the Secretary-General (1998)
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  • 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.
    Faceboek (2016)
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  • Neutrality is a tough call for the weaker ones.
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  • No nation can make itself secure by seeking supremacy over all others. We all share responsibility for each other's security, and only by working to make each other secure can we hope to achieve lasting security for ourselves.
    (2006)
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  • No one is born a good citizen or a good democrat or a good leader; it takes time and education.
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  • Once you are really challenged, you find something in yourself. Man doesn't know what he is capable of until he is asked.
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  • One has to learn from history. Quite frankly, it is almost impossible to have a sense of vision without a sense of history. If history is learned, then it doesn't have to repeat itself over generations.
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  • Our biggest challenge in this new century is to take an idea that seems abstract - sustainable development - and turn it into a reality for all the world's people.
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  • Poverty devastates families, communities and nations. It causes instability and political unrest and fuels conflict.
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  • Reform is a process, and not an event.
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  • The future belongs to you, but it can only belong to you if you participate and take charge.
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  • The future of peace and prosperity that we seek for all the world's peoples needs a foundation of tolerance, security, equality and justice.
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  • The gap between the rich and the poor cannot keep growing without nothing being done about it.
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  • The global work of the United Nations is not without reason compared to that of a family - striving for a common goal in concert with all members for a better future.
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  • The problem is not with the faith, but with the faithful.
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  • There can be no doubt that these attacks are deliberate acts of terrorism, carefully planned and coordinated and as such I condemn them utterly. Terrorism must be fought resolutely wherever it appears.
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  • 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.
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  • Violence against women is perhaps the most shameful human rights violation, and it is perhaps the most pervasive. It knows no boundaries of geography, culture or wealth. As long as it continues, we cannot claim to be making real progress towards equality, development and peace.
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