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As study after study has taught us, there is no tool for development more effective than the empowerment of women.
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You can do a lot with diplomacy, but with diplomacy backed up by force you can get a lot more done.
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Ignorance and prejudice are the handmaidens of propaganda. Our mission, therefore, is to confront ignorance with knowledge, bigotry with tolerance, and isolation with the outstretched hand of generosity. Racism can, will, and must be defeated.
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Education is a human right with immense power to transform. On its foundation rest the cornerstones of freedom, democracy and sustainable human development.
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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.
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Nous devions convaincre la communauté mondiale que la souveraineté devait désormais être considérée comme conditionnée à la responsabilité des États à assurer les droits de leur peuple - et donc être prise autant au sérieux que la volonté des États qu'on ne s'ingère pas dans leurs affaires intérieures.
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If you have a problem and you can't find a solution, you meet again tomorrow and you keep talking until you find a solution. You can disagree with behavior or a particular position, but you do not resort to calling an opponent worthless.
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EDUCATION IS A HUMAN RIGHT WITH IMMENSE POWER TO TRANSFORM
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EDUCATION IS THE PREMISE OF PROGRESS
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