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Knowledge is power. Information is liberating. Education is the premise of progress, in every society, in every family.

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Kofi Annan
Age: 80 †
Born: 1938
Born: April 8
Died: 2018
Died: August 18
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The global HIV/AIDS epidemic is an unprecedented crisis that requires an unprecedented response. In particular it requires solidarity - between the healthy and the sick, between rich and poor, and above all, between richer and poorer nations. We have 30 million orphans already. How many more do we have to get, to wake up?
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To go to war without the Security Council will not be in conformity with the Council.
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Any society that does not succeed in tapping into the energy and creativity of its youth will be left behind.
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One has to have the strength of character to say the time has come to move on... unless you are a king.
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I often quote an African proverb that says: The world is not ours, the earth is not ours, It's a treasure we hold in trust for future generations. And I often hope we will be worthy of that trust.
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The happiness of any society begins with the well being of the families that live in it.
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You can do a lot with diplomacy, but with diplomacy backed up by force you can get a lot more done.
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When so many lives are at risk, when so much killing is going on, when there's so much chaos and suffering, isn't the risk warranted? ... And if we don't take the risk of coming to the conference, what do we do? We let it continue?
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In an era of global abundance, our world has the resources to reduce dramatically the massive divides that persist between rich and poor, if only those resources can be unleashed in the service of all peoples.
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The problem is this. The spread of markets outpaces the ability of societies and their political systems to adjust to them, let alone to guide the course they take
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Literacy is a bridge from misery to hope. It is a tool for daily life in modern society. It is a bulwark against poverty, and a building block of development, an essential complement to investments in roads, dams, clinics and factories.
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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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Elections with integrity are a challenge everywhere, including in the West.
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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.
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This is an historic step forward in the world's efforts to combat a truly global threat.
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I think the US and UK thought if they gave a bit more time to Israel, they would crush Hezbollah. But it became very obvious that was an unwinnable war.
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Have confidence in the young people, give them a chance, and they will surprise you.
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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.
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Education is the great equalizer of our time. It gives hope to the hopeless and creates chances for those without.
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