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Kofi Annan: Education Defense Spending
on Sunday, April 16, 2017Kofi Annan Money Quote saying in 1997 as Secretary General of the U.N. that government money spent on education is the purest form of national defense. Kofi Annan said:
“Defence is a constant preoccupation and a leading item of government expense, and understandably so. But I would submit today that education is one of the most effective forms of defence spending there is” — Kofi Annan
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Kofi Annan: Subsistence for Humanity
on Wednesday, July 13, 2016Kofi Annan Money Quote saying the world is turning a blind eye to those who are barely surviving while wealth exists to resolve poverty. Kofi Annan said:
“The international community … allows nearly 3 billion people — almost half of all humanity — to subsist on $2 or less a day in a world of unprecedented wealth” — Kofi Annan
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