The longer we delay, the more we will pay.
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Since [violence against women] is rooted in discrimination, impunity and complacency, we need to change attitudes and behavior – and we need to change laws and make sure they are enforced just like you are doing in Cuba.
Ban Ki-moonBan Ki-moon Let us take advantage of the opportunities presented by climate action and lay the foundations for a more prosperous and secure future for all.
Ban Ki-moonBan Ki-moon Three decades into this crisis, let us set our sights on achieving the “three zeros” zero new HIV infections, zero discrimination and zero AIDS-related deaths.
Ban Ki-moonBan Ki-moon Today, we have more than 110,000 men and women deployed in conflict zones around the world. They come from nearly 120 countries … Thanks to their efforts, life-saving humanitarian assistance can be delivered and economic development can begin.
Ban Ki-moonBan Ki-moon I strongly reject threats by any member state to destroy another or outrageous attempts to deny historical facts such as the Holocaust.
Ban Ki-moonBan Ki-moon Nuclear disarmament is the only sane path to a safer world.
Ban Ki-moonBan Ki-moon One of the main lessons I have learned during my five years as Secretary-General is that broad partnerships are the key to solving broad challenges. When governments, the United Nations, businesses, philanthropies and civil society work hand-in-hand, we can achieve great things.
Ban Ki-moonBan Ki-moon Energy is the golden thread that connects economic growth, increased social equity, and an environment that allows the world to thrive.
Ban Ki-moonBan Ki-moon To achieve a Green Revolution, African farmers, must have access to land and security of tenure. They also need access to markets, technology and improved infrastructure.
Ban Ki-moonBan Ki-moon The basic building block of peace and security for all peoples is economic and social security, anchored in sustainable development. It is a key to all problems. Why? Because it allows us to address all the great issues-poverty, climate, environment and political stability-as parts of the whole.
Ban Ki-moonBan Ki-moon As many micro-credit schemes across the world can testify, investment in women is the best investment for the future.
Ban Ki-moonBan Ki-moon SUSTAINABLE PEACE IS POSSIBLE ONLY WITH WOMEN’S FULL PARTICIPATION, their perspectives, their leadership, their daily, equal presence wherever we seek to make and keep the peace.
Ban Ki-moonBan Ki-moon Terrorism is a significant threat to peace and security, prosperity and people.
Ban Ki-moonBan Ki-moon Saving our planet requires you to be ambitious in what you aim, and, equally, in how hard you work to reach your goal.
Ban Ki-moonBan Ki-moon We must unite. Violence against women cannot be tolerated, in any form, in any context, in any circumstance, by any political leader or by any government.
Ban Ki-moonBan Ki-moon Men must teach each other that real men do not violate or oppress women – and that a woman’s place is not just in the home or the field, but in schools and offices and boardrooms.
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In this wilderness, Mankind is the animal I fear.
Addison SchmittAddison Schmitt The irony is that he broke the only person he never wanted to hurt.
Krishan PandeyKrishan Pandey I will wait, I am waiting, and I will love you with all the love I posses until this body is ash and I begin my search for you again.
Tyler Knott GregsonTyler Knott Gregson Nothing is permanent not even your pain.
Taj AroraTaj Arora Do not insist me to let you go, you come half hearted like a crescent moon, and you go heart-filled like a full moon which glows.
Nikita GandhiNikita Gandhi I want to fold you into my book, like a petal, so that you’d never leave.
Mira R. AridiMira R. Aridi It seems strange how we look in the same mirror, yet what stares back, is so painfully different.
Chris AllchinChris Allchin Do not measure yourself by success, failure, or a degree. Measure your life by the dreams you have.
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The longer I live, the more I feel that true repose consists in ‘renouncing’ one’s own self, by which I mean making up one’s mind to admit that there is no importance whatever in being ‘happy’ or ‘unhappy’ in the usual meaning of the words.
Pierre Teilhard de ChardinPierre Teilhard de Chardin My irons are three-eighths of an inch longer than standard.
Tony FinauTony Finau I shall last a year, and but little longer: we must think to do good work in that year.
Joan of ArcJoan of Arc I’m proud to be an actor. See, as an actor, you live longer.
Mr. TMr. T There are very few people who are not ashamed of having been in love when they no longer love each other.
Francois de La RochefoucauldFrancois de La Rochefoucauld There is a point at which everything becomes simple and there is no longer any question of choice, because all you have staked will be lost if you look back. Life’s point of no return.
Dag HammarskjoldDag Hammarskjold Return to the battle again, no longer trusting in the false and insufficient human resources which so foolishly.
Alan RedpathAlan Redpath It is no longer an allegation, it is an established fact, even if no evidence has been brought out in order to support it.
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