Kofi Annan Quotes

We cannot wait for governments to do it all. Globalization operates on Internet time. Governments tend to be slow moving by nature, because they have to build political support for every step.
Kofi Annan

Nature, Time, Moving

We have to choose between a global market driven only by calculations of short-term profit, and one which has a human face.
Kofi Annan

Human, Between, Face

We must ensure that the global market is embedded in broadly shared values and practices that reflect global social needs, and that all the world's people share the benefits of globalization.
Kofi Annan

Social, Values, Needs

We need to keep hope alive and strive to do better.
Kofi Annan

Hope, Keep, Alive

We need to think of the future and the planet we are going to leave to our children and their children.
Kofi Annan

Future, Children, Leave

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Biography

Nationality: Ghanaian

Type: Statesman

Born: April 8, 1938

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