Quote

If information and knowledge are central to democracy, they are the conditions for development.

Kofi Annan

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

Kofi Annan
Age: 80 †
Born: 1938
Born: April 8
Died: 2018
Died: August 18
Diplomat
Economist
Politician
Coomassie
Kofi Atta Annan
Annan
Kofi A. Annan
Knowledge
Central
Development
Conditions
Progress
Information
Democracy

More quotes by Kofi Annan

Image
The international community... allows nearly 3 billion people - almost half of all humanity - to subsist on $2 or less a day in a world of unprecedented wealth.
Kofi Annan
Image
Perhaps the single most successful international agreement to date has been the Montreal Protocol.
Kofi Annan
Image
It is not in the United Nations that the Millennium Development Goals will be achieved. They have to be achieved in each of its Member States, by the joint efforts of their governments and people.
Kofi Annan
Image
I think that peacekeeping can do quite a lot, if they are given the right mandate with the commensurate resources to get the job done.
Kofi Annan
Image
Let us all reaffirm our commitment to improving the well- being of families throughout the world.
Kofi Annan
Image
In all these cases, part of the reasons for failure perhaps was not analyzing and assessing the true nature of the crisis, the resources that would be required, and exaggerated expectation of what the U.N. troops can do.
Kofi Annan
Image
A nation has the right to defend itself, but when it comes to the broader issue of peace and security, the legitimacy rests only with the Security Council.
Kofi Annan
Image
I've been around enough to realise that there are two things that once people have them, they don't want to give up, and it's extremely difficult to convince them to give up: one is privileges, and the other is subsidies.
Kofi Annan
Image
I don't see a situation where one side will win militarily, take over Syria, and there will be peace and quiet, a clean victory.
Kofi Annan
Image
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?
Kofi Annan
Image
We need to keep hope alive and strive to do better.
Kofi Annan
Image
We must restore the sacredness of the family as a bedrock of humane values everywhere, in peace as well as in war.
Kofi Annan
Image
This is an historic step forward in the world's efforts to combat a truly global threat.
Kofi Annan
Image
You are never too young to lead.
Kofi Annan
Image
It's not that easy to quit. When you look back in the American system it is very rare that people quit on issues of principle.
Kofi Annan
Image
Democracy is, in essence, a form of non-violent conflict management. If war is the worst enemy of development, healthy and balanced development is the best form of conflict prevention.
Kofi Annan
Image
Sometimes when you take a tough action against one side in the conflict, they see you as part of the conflict and they attack you.
Kofi Annan
Image
One must also acknowledge that there are moments in an organisation's development when fresh blood and new vision are required, which may imply that an outsider may be better suited to the leadership role.
Kofi Annan
Image
My intimate knowledge of the [UN] system allowed me to get things done despite the many obstacles.
Kofi Annan
Image
Education is the great equalizer of our time. It gives hope to the hopeless and creates chances for those without.
Kofi Annan