I am not afraid to dream. You first have to start with a dream. Build your castles in the air and give it foundation. Without a dream, you are not going to get anywhere. Kofi Annan More Quotes by Kofi Annan More Quotes From Kofi Annan A developed country is one that allows all its citizens to enjoy a free and healthy life in a safe environment Kofi Annan safe-environment healthy country If globalization is to succeed, it must succeed for poor and rich alike. It must deliver rights no less than riches. It must provide social justice and equity no less than economic prosperity and enhanced communication. Kofi Annan communication rights justice We need to keep hope alive and strive to do better. Kofi Annan strive alive needs Whether our task is fighting poverty, stemming the spread of disease or saving innocent lives from mass murder, we have seen that we cannot succeed without the leadership of the strong and the engagement of all. Kofi Annan fighting strong success To look into some aspects of the future, we do not need projections by supercomputers. Much of the next millennium can be seen in how we care for our children today. Tomorrow's world may be influenced by science and technology, but more than anything, it is already taking shape in the bodies and minds of our children. Kofi Annan technology mind children We will not enjoy security without development, we will not enjoy development without security, and we will not enjoy either without respect for human rights. Kofi Annan enjoy development rights Reform is a process, and not an event. Kofi Annan reform events process It is my aspiration that health finally will be seen not as a blessing to be wished for, but as a human right to be fought for. Kofi Annan aspiration rights blessing You are never too young to lead. Kofi Annan young Literacy is a bridge from misery to hope. Kofi Annan full-potential reading bridges The happiness of any society begins with the well being of the families that live in it. Kofi Annan family society happiness Literacy unlocks the door to learning throughout life, is essential to development and health, and opens the way for democratic participation and active citizenship. Kofi Annan essentials education doors The United Nations, whose membership comprises almost all the States in the world, is founded on the principle of the equal worth of every human being. Kofi Annan membership principles world Children are our future and if we use them in battle, we are destroying the future. We must reclaim them, every one of them, one at a time. Kofi Annan battle use children No one is born a good citizen; no nation is born a democracy. Rather, both are processes that continue to evolve over a lifetime. Young people must be included from birth. A society that cuts off from its youth severs its lifeline. Kofi Annan democracy cutting people International law now grants rights to all human beings, not only to citizens. Kofi Annan citizens rights law In an era of global abundance, our world has the resources to reduce dramatically the massive divides that persist between rich and poor, if only those resources can be unleashed in the service of all peoples. Kofi Annan eras poverty our-world Microfinance recognizes that poor people are remarkable reservoirs of energy and knowledge, posing an untapped opportunity to create markets, bring people in from the margins and give them the tools with which to help themselves. Kofi Annan opportunity giving people We have the means and the capacity to deal with our problems, if only we can find the political will. Kofi Annan political-will problem mean ...let us recognize that extreme poverty anywhere is a threat to human security everywhere. Let us recall that poverty is a denial of human rights. For the first time in history, in this age of unprecedented wealth and technical prowess, we have the power to save humanity from this shameful scourge. Let us summon the will to do it. Kofi Annan humanity rights time
