"Education promotes equality and lifts people out of……" — Ban Ki-moon
"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."
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165 Quotes by Ban Ki-moon
Ban Ki-moon has 165 quotes on this site.
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Millions of people in nearly 80 countries still live in fear of landmines and explosive remnants of war, which take…
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The international community cannot accept that whole communities are marginalized because of the color of their skin. People of African…
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Between now and 2015, we must make sure that promises made become promises kept. The consequences of doing otherwise are…
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It is but a short step from hunger to starvation, from disease to death.
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I call on men and boys everywhere to join us. Violence against women and girls will not be eradicated until…
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Nuclear terrorism is one of the most serious threats of our time. Even one such attack could inflict mass casualties…
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Let us acknowledge and celebrate what youth can do to build a safer, more just world. Let us strengthen our…
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It has been said that knowledge is power. We need to strengthen education systems so that young people can benefit…
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You have to take ownership and leadership of tomorrow. For that to be possible, you have to strengthen your capacity…
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Now, more than ever, we need to connect the dots between climate, poverty, energy, food and water. These issues cannot…
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Three decades into this crisis, let us set our sights on achieving the "three zeros" zero new HIV infections, zero…
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Universal ratification of the Optional Protocol on the Involvement of Children in Armed Conflict will establish an international moral consensus…
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On paper, being good sounds great but a lot depends on the atmosphere of the workplace or community we live…
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Good impulses are naught, unless they become good actions.
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Statistics, one may hope, will improve gradually, and become good for something. Meanwhile, it is to be feared the crabbed…
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Make good scouts of yourselves, become good rifle shots so that if it becomes necessary that you defend your families…
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A good cause can become bad if we fight for it with means that are indiscriminately murderous. A bad cause…
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for we are inquiring not in order to know what virtue is, but in order to become good, since otherwise…
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There is no greater miracle than our conscious efforts to become good human beings.
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Men become old, but they never become good.
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Like so much of what is worthwhile in life, our needs for friendship are often best met in the home.…
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