Kofi Annan Quotes

Next in importance to freedom and justice is popular education, without which neither justice nor freedom can be permanently maintained.

The power of the people and the power of reason are one.

We Americans have the great gifts of freedom and democracy, but it has been our education system that has fulfilled the promise of democracy.

Knowledge is the most democratic source of power.

Education promotes equality and lifts people out of poverty. It teaches children how to become good citizens. Education is not just for a privileged few, it is for everyone. It is a fundamental human right.

Education is not just another consumer item. It is the bedrock of our democracy.

Without education, you can’t have democracy.

When you've got education, you've got knowledge and power and confidence to go out in the world.

Education is important even beyond the bounds of the opportunities it gives to the individual; it is a crucial and basic requirement for ensuring effective democracy and human rights.

Equal access to reading is fundamental to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.

Education is a human right - a recognition of dignity that each person should be afforded.

In raising a people from slavery to freedom, you have called them to act on a new theatre; and it is a necessary part of your business, to teach them how to perform their parts.

Freedom and opportunity are precious gifts and the purpose of our politics is to expand them, for all our people.

But America was founded on the principle that every person has God-given rights. That power belongs to the people. That government exists to protect our rights and serve our interests. That we shouldn't be trapped in the circumstances of our birth. That we should be free to go as far as our talents and work can take us.

Education is freedom.

A community is democratic only when the humblest and weakest person can enjoy the highest civil, economic, and social rights that the biggest and most powerful possess.

I believe education is the great equalizer.

Rights are in the power of the people.

I speak not for myself but for those without voice... those who have fought for their rights... their right to live in peace, their right to be treated with dignity, their right to equality of opportunity, their right to be educated.

Let people have an education and you can't stop them.

Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.

Education is the key to unlock the golden door of freedom.

I always tell my students: I don't care which side you're on. I respect you too much to try to persuade you in 120 minutes a week, much less lure you into pretending that you agree with me. All I want is for you to own this democracy, to see yours, to have a stake in it.

If freedom makes social progress possible, so social progress strengthens and enlarges freedom.

Liberty Enlightening the World