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" When economic conditions are difficult, people tend to be less generous and protect themselves; the question of solidarity doesn't mean much to them at that time. "

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" I think it is not just the U.N. speaking, but the concept of a third party, a third party to a conflict speaking out. You know, sometimes saying, 'Stop, this is enough. This cannot be allowed to happen,' gives the victims and the people who are caught in that situation courage, encouragement, support. "

Kofi Annan

Know

Support

Courage

" If the United Nations does not attempt to chart a course for the world's people in the first decades of the new millennium, who will? "

" As long as inequality and other social problems plague us, populists will try to exploit them. "

" No single solution or actor can deal with the complex and interrelated challenges to electoral integrity arising from manipulated data, hate speech, and fake news. These phenomena are not new; they have been part of electoral cycles since the advent of democracy. "

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

" 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. "

" Could you imagine if the U.N. had endorsed the war in Iraq, what our reputation would be like? "

" Iraq has a new opportunity to comply with all these relevant resolutions of the Security Council. "

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

Kofi Annan

Women

Development

" 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. "

" Eating insects is good for the environment and balanced diets. "

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

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

" We have to choose between a global market driven only by calculations of short-term profit, and one which has a human face. "

" The skills you need to fight the colonial power and the skills you need to gain independence are not necessarily the same you need to run a country. "

" National markets are held together by shared values and confidence in certain minimum standards. But in the new global market, people do not yet have that confidence. "

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

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

" I am a stubborn optimist: I was born an optimist and will remain an optimist. "

Kofi Annan

Stubborn

Born

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

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

" 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. "

" Sometimes leaders slide from the role of freedom fighter into the presidency, which they may be unsuited for, but everyone accepts it until they hit the bump in the road. "

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

" The Arab Spring reminds me a bit of the decolonisation process where one country gets independence, and everybody else wants it. "

Kofi Annan

Spring

Process

" 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. "

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

" 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. "