"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
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"Business, labor and civil society organizations have skills and resources that are vital in helping to build a more robust global community."
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"More countries have understood that women's equality is a prerequisite for development."
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"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."
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"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."
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"Knowledge is power. Information is liberating. Education is the premise of progress, in every society, in every family."
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"Imagine all the people living life in peace. You may say I'm a dreamer, but I'm not the only one. I hope someday you'll join us, and the world will be as one."
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"They say a person needs just three things to be truly happy in this world: someone to love, something to do, and something to hope for."
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"One lives in the hope of becoming a memory."
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"There was a moment in my life when I really wanted to kill myself. And there was one other moment when I was close to that. But even in my most jaded times, I had some hope."
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"My hope still is to leave the world a bit better than when I got here."
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