Knowledge is power. Information is liberating. Education is the premise of progress, in every society, in every family. -Kofi Annan Power
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 Education
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
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
Business, labor and civil society organizations have skills and resources that are vital in helping to build a more robust global community. -Kofi Annan Society
We need to think of the future and the planet we are going to leave to our children and their children. -Kofi Annan Future
Knowledge is power. Information is liberating. Education is the premise of progress, in every society, in every family. -Kofi Annan Education
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
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 History
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 Society
Knowledge is power. Information is liberating. Education is the premise of progress, in every society, in every family. -Kofi Annan Knowledge
I urge the Iraqi leadership for sake of its own people... to seize this opportunity and thereby begin to end the isolation and suffering of the Iraqi people. -Kofi Annan Leadership
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 Good
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 Morning
Business, labor and civil society organizations have skills and resources that are vital in helping to build a more robust global community. -Kofi Annan Business
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 Equality
More countries have understood that women's equality is a prerequisite for development. -Kofi Annan Women
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
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 Power
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
