Kofi Annan Quotes

Young people need to re-engage with politics. The life of democracy depends on it. We've left it to the stuff shirts, and obviously they haven't been minding the store.

Every election is about the future, which by definition means it's more about the future of young people than it is about me.

There's much talk about the problems of youth, but young people are not a problem. It's a natural evolution of things. We, who have known only how to make war and slaughter people, have no right to judge them, nor can we teach them anything.

I want young people to be involved, and I especially want young people to vote.

I think I will always have a connection to young people, to try to bring their voices to the polls, bring their voices wherever they can make a difference.

It's important to address young people in the reopening of New Orleans. In rebuilding, let's revisit the potential of American democracy and American glory.

The arrogant view that young people don't count because they don't vote has thankfully been smashed for ever.

We should entrust our young people with a voice to express their views on what their futures should look like.

South Africa now needs skilled and educated people to say 'How do we manage and develop this democratic country?'

The young people are the most active and vital force in society. They are the most eager to learn and the least conservative in their thinking. This is especially so in the era of socialism.

I do feel quite strongly about this that probably one of the things that unfortunately this age now to get a Nobel Prize is to really use part of it to help the young people get excited about science.

David Axelrod says we need to inspire more young people to be journalists? How about inspiring journalists to be journalists?

Young people are going to go to someone, somewhere. And we had better see that that 'someone' is us.

Young people ought not to be idle, it is very bad for them.

It is important how we view the youth of our nation. To simply consider them as new age voters will be a big mistake. They are the new age power.

It's good for young people to be angry about something.

Young people should be at the forefront of global change and innovation. Empowered, they can be key agents for development and peace. If, however, they are left on society's margins, all of us will be impoverished. Let us ensure that all young people have every opportunity to participate fully in the lives of their societies.

Give young people a greater voice. They are the future and they are much wiser than we give them credit for.

Young people were once considered relatively safe from HIV/AIDS. Today, their lives and futures are at risk throughout the world because of this disease. I believe it is young people throughout the world who offer us the greatest hope for defeating this deadly pandemic.

As organizations, we have to find ways to create more opportunities, especially for our young people. A lot of corporations, they have to make opportunities for young people - create internships, for example, even if it's only half-time.

Politicians, they give the visible aspect of the change, but the change, the root, the anchor are in young people.

... the young people are the ones who most quickly identify with the struggle and the necessity to eliminate the evil conditions that exist.

What I can do is to go out and talk about the problems and solutions, make people aware of the scope of the problems, get them to become advocates for a turnaround, and convince them to develop an action plan, targeted to their community, to deal with young people. [They need to] find out what the kids want to do - dances, midnight-basketball leagues.

It's always nice to share your energy with young people, the people who might not have any skills but are simply willing to be a part of it.