Quotes by : Kofi Annan

Ignorance and prejudice are the handmaidens of propaganda. Our mission, therefore, is to confront ignorance....

Literacy is a bridge from misery to hope. It is a tool for daily life in modern society. It is a bulwark....

We need to keep hope alive and strive to do better.

More countries have understood that women's equality is a prerequisite for development.

Business, labor and civil society organizations have skills and resources that are vital in helping to....

More than ever before in human history, we share a common destiny. We can master it only if we face it....

I urge the Iraqi leadership for sake of its own people... to seize this opportunity and thereby begin....

Many African leaders refuse to send their troops on peace keeping missions abroad because they probably....

Open markets offer the only realistic hope of pulling billions of people in developing countries out....

We cannot wait for governments to do it all. Globalization operates on Internet time. Governments tend....