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" We seriously have to question the motivation of those people referred to as climate change sceptics, who are denying the evidence of human-caused climate change and preventing us from moving forward by spreading disinformation and supporting unchecked carbon pollution. "

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" There is no development strategy more beneficial to society as a whole - women and men alike - than the one which involves women as central players. "

Kofi Annan

Strategy

Society

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

" To some extent, Rwanda became a victim of the Somalia experience. "

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

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" I think it is important to speak out. "

" In their greatest hour of need, the world failed the people of Rwanda. "

" The U.N. doesn't have any troops; we borrow them from governments. "

" 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. "

" I think that my darkest moment was the Iraq war and the fact that we could not stop it. "

" We cannot wait for governments to do it all. Globalization operates on Internet time. Governments tend to be slow moving by nature, because they have to build political support for every step. "

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

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

" 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. "

" What governments and people don't realise is that sometimes the collective interest - the international interest - is also the national interest. "

" When people say the U.N. is useless, I ask the question, which U.N. are we talking about? We have the U.N. that is a secretariat led by the secretary general, and we have a U.N. made up of member states who give us our mandate. "

" The Lord had the wonderful advantage of being able to work alone. "

" Developing and newer democracies are much more susceptible to the tactics of populists and demagogues - they often do not have strong institutions, free press, or the infrastructure required to defend their nascent democracies. "

Kofi Annan

Defend

Free

" Sometimes I walk into a situation and know someone is going to provoke me, and I just simply refuse to be provoked. "

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

" If citizens do not believe they can change their leaders through the ballot box, they will find other ways, even at the risk of destabilizing their countries. "

" I have always believed that on important issues, the leaders must lead. Where the leaders fail to lead, and people are really concerned about it, the people will take the lead and make the leaders follow. "

Kofi Annan

Always

Important

" In the rush for justice it is important not to lose sight of principles the country holds dear. "

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

" I don't share the view that the ICC is anti-African. The ICC is not putting Africa on trial. The ICC is fighting impunity and individuals who are accused of crimes. "

Kofi Annan

Africa

Fighting

" On climate change, we often don't fully appreciate that it is a problem. We think it is a problem waiting to happen. "

" 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. "

Kofi Annan

Impact

Questions

" Unfortunately, very few governments think about youth unemployment when they are drawing up their national plans. "