annan Quotes

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

“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.”

“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.”

“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.”

“If one is going to err, one should err on the side of liberty and 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.”

“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.”

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

“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.”