881 Quotes by Kofi Annan

People of different religions and cultures live side by side in almost every part of the world, and most of us have overlapping identities which unite us with very different groups. We can love what we are, without hating what – and who – we are not. We can thrive in our own tradition, even as we learn from others, and come to respect their teachings.

The process has been difficult, but the outcome is a clear demonstration of the will of all the members of the Security Council to place the interest of the Iraqi people above all other considerations.

We shall see, ... They want to end this.

Have confidence in the young people, give them a chance, and they will surprise you.

The people of Serbia want to have a say in the decisions affecting them. And I hope that this choice and their voice will be heard.

No one is born a good citizen or a good democrat or a good leader; it takes time and education.

We are taking very active measures to ensure that we do not have any more bad apples in that department, ... We are going to act very energetically to take measures to ensure that what happened does not happen again.

Let us, above all, be clear that, without a convincing program of debt relief to start the new millennium, our objective of halving world poverty by 2015 will be only a pipe dream.

to protect themselves against criticism or to criticize others.