"Education is a human right with immense power to transform. On its foundation rest the cornerstones of freedom, democracy and sustainable human development."
-Kofi Annan
PowerView Quote
"Education is a human right with immense power to transform. On its foundation rest the cornerstones of freedom, democracy and sustainable human development.“
-Kofi Annan
posted in Education
Other Quotes by Kofi Annan
Discover more inspiring quotes by Kofi Annan
"Business, labor and civil society organizations have skills and resources that are vital in helping to build a more robust global community."
-Kofi Annan
SocietyView Quote
"We need to keep hope alive and strive to do better."
-Kofi Annan
HopeView Quote
"More countries have understood that women's equality is a prerequisite for development."
-Kofi Annan
WomenView Quote
"Gender equality is more than a goal in itself. It is a precondition for meeting the challenge of reducing poverty, promoting sustainable development and building good governance."
-Kofi Annan
EqualityView Quote
"There is no development strategy more beneficial to society as a whole - women and men alike - than the one which involves women as central players."
-Kofi Annan
SocietyView Quote
Same Category
More quotes in this category
"I have never let my schooling interfere with my education."
-Mark Twain
EducationView Quote
"How is it that little children are so intelligent and men so stupid? It must be education that does it."
-Alexandre Dumas
EducationView Quote
"It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it."
-Aristotle
EducationView Quote
"The only person who is educated is the one who has learned how to learn and change."
-Carl Rogers
EducationView Quote
"Prejudices, it is well known, are most difficult to eradicate from the heart whose soil has never been loosened or fertilized by education they grow firm there, firm as weeds among stones."
-Charlotte Bronte
EducationView Quote
"If you think education is expensive, try ignorance."
-Derek Bok
EducationView Quote