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You have made people listen. You have made people care, and you have taught us that whether we are poor or prosperous, we have only one world to share. You have taught young people that they do have the power to change

You have made people listen. You have made people care, and you have taught us that whether we are poor or prosperous, we have only one world to share. You have taught young people that they do have the power to change the world.

Kofi Annan
Taught Us, Careers, People
Kofi Annan's remarks to Bono, November 1999.

It's not that easy to quit. When you look back in the American system it is very rare that people quit on issues of principle.

Kofi Annan
Issues, People, Principles

Obama saying Gaddafi must go. Putting it upfront like that... it's not very helpful.

Kofi Annan
Gaddafi, Helpful
Interview with Alec Russell, www.ft.com. May 16, 2011.

Normally when people resign they will organise their champagne farewell parties... and then they resurface somewhere.

Kofi Annan
Party, Farewell, People

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

Kofi Annan
Opportunity, Iraq, Resolution
"Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

The death toll from small arms dwarfs that of all other weapons systems — and in most years greatly exceeds the toll of the atomic bombs that devastated Hiroshima and Nagasaki. In terms of the carnage they cause, small arms, indeed, could well be described as 'weapons of mass destruction'.

Kofi Annan
Hiroshima And Nagasaki, Mass Destruction, Years
Kofi Atta Annan, United Nations. Dept. of Public Information (2000). “"Wir die Völker" : die Rolle der Vereinten Nationen im 21. Jahrhundert ; [ein neues Jahrhundert - neue Herausforderungen]”, p.52, United Nations Publications

Sadly, a prize for peace is a rarity in this world. Most nations have monuments or memorials to war, bronze salutations to heroic battles, archways of triumph. But peace has no parade, no pantheon of victory.

Kofi Annan
War, Memorial, Victory
Kofi Annan's Nobel Lecture in Oslo, www.nobelprize.org. December 10, 2001.

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.

Kofi Annan
Commitment, Nuclear Disarmament, Political
Kofi Atta Annan, United Nations. Dept. of Public Information (2000). “"Wir die Völker" : die Rolle der Vereinten Nationen im 21. Jahrhundert ; [ein neues Jahrhundert - neue Herausforderungen]”, p.53, United Nations Publications

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