We need to think of the future and the planet we are going to leave to our children and their children.

Quote by Kofi Annan

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To live is to choose. But to choose well, you must know who you are...

To live is to choose. But to choose well, you must know who you are...

In the 21st century, I believe the mission of the United Nations will be defined...

In the 21st century, I believe the mission of the United Nations will be defined...

You have made people listen. You have made people care, and you have taught us...

You have made people listen. You have made people care, and you have taught us...

The people of Serbia want to have a say in the decisions affecting them. And...

The people of Serbia want to have a say in the decisions affecting them. And...

Jewish people have been victims of anti-Semitism in many parts of the world, and in...

Jewish people have been victims of anti-Semitism in many parts of the world, and in...

Many African leaders refuse to send their troops on peace keeping missions abroad because they...

Many African leaders refuse to send their troops on peace keeping missions abroad because they...

The tragedy of Srebrenica will forever haunt the history of the United Nations

The tragedy of Srebrenica will forever haunt the history of the United Nations

Let us, above all, be clear that, without a convincing program of debt relief to...

Let us, above all, be clear that, without a convincing program of debt relief to...

Open markets offer the only realistic hope of pulling billions of people in developing countries...

Open markets offer the only realistic hope of pulling billions of people in developing countries...

Give me the poverty that enjoys true wealth.

Give me the poverty that enjoys true wealth.

The people starve because those above them eat too much tax-grain. That is the only...

The people starve because those above them eat too much tax-grain. That is the only...

Poverty is a veil that obscures the face of greatness. An appeal is a mask...

Poverty is a veil that obscures the face of greatness. An appeal is a mask...

Neither great poverty nor great riches will hear reason.

Neither great poverty nor great riches will hear reason.

A far greater factor [than abolishing poverty] is the deterrent effect of swift and certain...

A far greater factor [than abolishing poverty] is the deterrent effect of swift and certain...

To have nothing is not poverty

To have nothing is not poverty

Life, misfortunes, isolation, abandonment, poverty, are battlefields which have their heroes; obscure heroes, sometimes greater...

Life, misfortunes, isolation, abandonment, poverty, are battlefields which have their heroes; obscure heroes, sometimes greater...

He is poor indeed that can promise nothing

He is poor indeed that can promise nothing

Pride breakfasted with plenty, dined with poverty, and supped with infamy.

Pride breakfasted with plenty, dined with poverty, and supped with infamy.

The patience of poverty. In rice fields, backs bent forever. Amazing, man outoxens the oxen...

The patience of poverty. In rice fields, backs bent forever. Amazing, man outoxens the oxen...

The tax collector must love poor people - he's creating so many of them

The tax collector must love poor people - he's creating so many of them