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Kofi Annan Quotes: Literacy unlocks the door to learning throughout life, is essential to development and health, and opens the way for democratic participation and active citizenship.
         

Literacy unlocks the door to learning throughout life, is essential to development and health, and opens the way for democratic participation and active citizenship.


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We may have different religions, different languages, different colored skin, but we all belong to one human race.

We may have different religions, different languages, different colored skin, but we all belong to one human race.



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

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



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.

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.



We shall not defeat any of the infectious diseases that plague the developing world until we have also won the battle for safe drinking water, sanitation, and basic health care.

We shall not defeat any of the infectious diseases that plague the developing world until we have also won the battle for safe drinking water, sanitation, and basic health care.



Education is a human right with immense power to transform. On its foundation rest the cornerstones of freedom, democracy and sustainable human development.

Education is a human right with immense power to transform. On its foundation rest the cornerstones of freedom, democracy and sustainable human development.



...there is no tool for development more effective than the empowerment of women.

...there is no tool for development more effective than the empowerment of women.



Education is, quite simply, peace-building by another name. It is the most effective form of defense spending there is.

Education is, quite simply, peace-building by another name. It is the most effective form of defense spending there is.



When women thrive, all of society benefits, and succeeding generations are given a better start in life.

When women thrive, all of society benefits, and succeeding generations are given a better start in life.



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.

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.



It has been said that arguing against globalization is like arguing against the laws of gravity.

It has been said that arguing against globalization is like arguing against the laws of gravity.





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It hurt. It hurt like hell. But it didn’t matter, if no one knew.



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The extraction of oil, coal and minerals brought, and still brings, a cost to the environment.



You don’t get a trophy after halftime. We don’t look at the scoreboard until the end of the game.

You don’t get a trophy after halftime. We don’t look at the scoreboard until the end of the game.



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The security of the Nation is not at the ramparts alone. Security also lies in the value of our free institutions.




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