Kofi Annan

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. ↗

— Kofi Annan

#inspirational

More than ever before in human history, we share a common destiny. We can master it only if we face it together. And that is why we have the United Nations. ↗

— Kofi Annan

#destiny #equality #humanity #united-nations #equality

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

— Kofi Annan

#democracy #development #education #foundation #freedom

Many African leaders refuse to send their troops on peace keeping missions abroad because they probably need their armies to intimidate their own populations. ↗

— Kofi Annan

#african #armies #because #intimidate #keeping

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

— Kofi Annan

#countries #development #more #prerequisite #understood

We have the means and the capacity to deal with our problems, if only we can find the political will. ↗

— Kofi Annan

#deal #find #means #only #our

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

— Kofi Annan

#conditions #democracy #development #information #knowledge

Above all else, we need a reaffirmation of political commitment at the highest levels to reducing the dangers that arise both from existing nuclear weapons and from further proliferation. ↗

— Kofi Annan

#arise #both #commitment #dangers #else

If one is going to err, one should err on the side of liberty and freedom. ↗

— Kofi Annan

#freedom #going #liberty #should #side

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. ↗

— Kofi Annan

#get #go #know #live #must