881 Quotes by Kofi Annan

Insecurity is love dressed in a child’s clothing.

Young people should be at the forefront of global change and innovation. Empowered, they can be key agents for development and peace.

The war on drugs has failed in West Africa and around the world.

Our biggest challenge in this new century is to take an idea that seems abstract – sustainable development – and turn it into a reality for all the world’s people.

Jewish people have been victims of anti-Semitism in many parts of the world, and in Europe they were the target of the Holocaust, the ultimate abomination. Yet, we cannot expect Palestinians to accept this as a reason why the wrongs done to them.

Education is a human right with immense power to transform.

We don’t need any more promises. We need to start keeping the promises we already made.

The problem is not with the faith, but with the faithful.

If we can come up with innovations and train young people to take on new jobs, and if we can switch to clean energy, I think we have the capacity to build this world not dependent on fossil-fuel. I think it will happen, and it won’t destroy economy.