Absence Quote by Koichiro Matsuura

International Literacy Day is an occasion to celebrate the importance of literacy to individuals, communities and societies everywhere

— Koichiro Matsuura

Our goal of poverty eradication and of inclusive growth that embraces the disadvantaged and marginalized sections of society can be achieved when our actions…

— Pratibha Patil

We should not think of poverty eradication as a matter of collecting money and giving it to the poor so much as of reforming…

— Thomas Pogge

Polak, a psychiatrist, has applied a behavioral and anthropological approach to alleviating poverty, developed by studying people in their natural surroundings. He argues that…

— Amy Lockwood

“Literacy is inseparable from opportunity, and opportunity is inseperable from freedom. The freedom promised by literacy is both freedom from - from ignorance, oppression,…

— Koichiro Matsuura

It is intolerable that around 1 in 5 of the world's adults are illiterate. How can we build equitable information societies or thriving democracies…

— Koichiro Matsuura

That everyone may receive at least a moderate education appears to be an objective of vital importance.

— Abraham Lincoln

It is my vision that we all will dedicate the next decade to achieve universal literacy and education for all children, especially for girls.…

— Greg Mortenson

By 1940 the literacy figure for all states stood at 96 percent for whites. Eighty percent for blacks. Notice for all the disadvantages blacks…

— Vin Suprynowicz

Upon the subject of education, not presuming to dictate any plan or system respecting it, I can only say that I view it as…

— Abraham Lincoln

People are the common denominator of progress. So... no improvement is possible with unimproved people, and advance is certain when people are liberated and…

— John Kenneth Galbraith

On this International Literacy Day, let us recall that literacy for all is an integral part of education for all, and that both are…

— Kofi Annan