"Open markets offer the only realistic hope of pulling billions of people in developing countries out of abject poverty, while sustaining prosperity in the industrialized world."
― Kofi Annan
Topic(s):
Death
More From Kofi Annan
- "In the 21st century, I believe the mission of the United Nations will be defined by a new, more profound awareness of the sanctity and dignity of every human life, regardless of race or religion."
- "Knowledge is power. Information is liberating. Education is the premise of progress, in every society, in every family."
- "Many African leaders refuse to send their troops on peace keeping missions abroad because they probably need their armies to intimidate their own populations."
More In Death
- "I had reasoned this out in my mind, there was one of two things I had a right to, liberty or death; if I could not have one, I would have the other."― Harriet Tubman
- "After the writer’s death, reading his journal is like receiving a long letter."― Jean Cocteau
- "Virtue alone has majesty in death."― Edward Young