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Kofi Annan

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MARGARET THATCHER There is no such thing as society: there are individual men and women, and there are families
MARGARET THATCHER Women think with their whole bodies and they see things as a whole more than men do.
DOROTHY DAY Women rescue men just as much as, if not more than, men rescue women.
CRISS JAMI There are so many men and women who hold no distinctive positions but whose contribution towards the...
NELSON MANDELA A society can be no better than the men and women who compose it.
ADLAI E. STEVENSON There is no longer a doubt that women are just as competent as men. Gender differences are guided by...
NAVEEN JAIN Socialism" is no more an evil word than "Christianity." Socialism no more prescribed Joseph Stalin a...
KURT VONNEGUT Many women, particularly young women, have claimed the right to use the most explicit sex terms, inc...
MARGARET MEAD The reason there are more women than men is simply because there are more illiterate women than men....
AMAL CHARARA Physically there is nothing to distinguish human society from the farm-yard except that children are...
GEORGE BERNARD SHAW Now a very important moment has come for U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan to go there (Iraq),
YEVGENY PRIMAKOV Women of the thinking society are the builders of nations. Women of the sentient society are the bui...
ABHIJIT NASKAR The clich? that women, more consistently than men, turn inward for sustenance seems to mean, in prac...
PATRICIA MEYER SPACKS The cliché that women, more consistently than men, turn inward for sustenance seems to mean, in pra...
PATRICIA MEYER SPACKS Men are just as sensitive, and in some ways more sensitive, than women are.
BARBARA DE ANGELIS Just as humans have a prior right to existence over dogs by virtue of being more highly evolved and ...
VALERIE SOLANIS As humans have a prior right to existence over dogs by virtue of being more highly evolved and havin...
VALERIE SOLANAS Society has not been set up in a way that allows women to go back to work after taking time off. Man...
ZAHA HADID I've always thought feminism had a lot to say about both genders, as it is hard to talk about on...
MATT HAIG Rich men without convictions are more dangerous in modern society than poor women without chastity.
GEORGE BERNARD SHAW Is it men or women who work the most in slaughterhouses? Is it men or women who are most involved in...
O ANNA NIEMUS Dear little Swallow,” said the Prince, “you tell me of marvellous things, but more marvellous th...
OSCAR WILDE Dear little Swallow,’ said the Prince, ‘you tell me of marvelous things, but more marvelous than...
OSCAR WILDE Women who accuse men, particularly powerful men, of harassment are often confronted with the reality...
ANITA HILL The real thing that keeps men and women apart, is fear. Women blame men and men blame women, but the...
C. JOYBELL C. I think that American women are further along than any other women in the world. But you can't h...
ALICE PAUL Russia believes one cannot talk about failed diplomatic efforts or reach a verdict before Kofi Annan...
YEVGENY PRIMAKOV [U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan has asked the Northern Alliance] to respect their obligations und...
LAKHDAR BRAHIMI Why are women so much more interesting to men than men are to women?
VIRGINIA WOOLF Why are women... so much more interesting to men than men are to women?
VIRGINIA WOOLF I think women can be as cruel as men, and men as tender as women, and vice versa.
AARON ECKHART All women have a perception much more developed than men. So all women somehow, being repressed for ...
PAULO COELHO Where was Kofi Annan when Saddam was slaughtering the Iraqis like sheep?
HAZEM SHA'ALAN Almost no men like to be addressed as BOY by any women; but, most of the women love to be recognized...
ANUJ SOMANY There is no disadvantage for women to be shooting. Men, women, children, there is no advantage or di...
CURTIS KOELE Smart women love smart men more than smart men love smart women.
NATALIE PORTMAN Men don't oppress women any more than women oppress men.
WARREN FARRELL Where Bush is beating Kerry among men and women alike is on leadership.
CARROLL DOHERTY Men are just as vain as women, and sometimes even more so.
HELENA RUBINSTEIN The nearer society approaches to divine order, the less separation will there be in the characters, ...
LYDIA MARIA CHILD The nearer society approaches to divine order, the less separation will there be in the characters, ...
LYDIA M. CHILD There are as many kinds of kisses as there are people on earth, as there are permutations and combin...
DIANE DI PRIMA The solution to women's issues can only be achieved in a free and democratic society in which hu...
TAWAKKOL KARMAN Blind submission in women is considered a virtue, while submission to wrong is itself wrong, and res...
ERNESTINE ROSE This shows the attitude of Turkey and its political culture, which reaffirms how wise we were to rej...
GEORGE LILLIKAS Plain women know more about men than beautiful women do.
KATHARINE HEPBURN The labor of women in the house, certainly, enables men to produce more wealth than they otherwise c...
CHARLOTTE PERKINS GILMAN The labor of women in the house, certainly, enables men to produce more wealth than they otherwise c...
CHARLOTTE P. GILLMAN Women work as much as men now, if not more. There's a resurgence of dads in the home and moms wo...
MORENA BACCARIN To my taste, the men in Rome are ridiculously, hurtfully, stupidly beautiful. More beautiful even th...
ELIZABETH GILBERT What works for men does not always work for women, because success and likability are positively cor...
SHERYL SANDBERG A society is patriarchal to the degree that it promotes male privilege by being male dominated, male...
ALLAN G. JOHNSON Far more women read fiction than men, and because of this, novels have become marginalised as seriou...
SIRI HUSTVEDT I often wonder whether we do not rest our hopes too much upon constitutions, upon laws and upon cour...
JUDGE LEARNED HAND No nation can ever be worthy of its existence that cannot take its women along with the men. No stru...
MUHAMMAD ALI JINNAH Palestinian society is more than 52 percent women. It is said that women are going to draw the futur...
JAMILA SHANTI There's no evidence whatsoever that men are more rational than women. Both sexes seem to be equa...
ALBERT ELLIS The older I grow, the more I am convinced that there is no education which one can get from books an...
BOOKER T. WASHINGTON Women are as much politicians as men, and I hope that more and more women will enter public life thr...
PRENEET KAUR When it comes to sex: some men treat women as objects; some women treat objects as men.
MOKOKOMA MOKHONOANA There is no reciprocity. Men love women, women love children, children love hamsters.
ALICE THOMAS ELLIS No arsenal ... is so formidable as the will and moral courage of free men and women.
RONALD REAGAN There is a great stir about colored men getting their rights, but not a word about the colored women...
SOJOURNER TRUTH There is no difference between men and women and I tried to prove that even in logic men and women a...
JANA TYLOVA Fully 57 percent of American college students are women. Life insurance companies sell more policies...
SUZANNE FIELDS The population has gotten larger and manufacturers are now realizing the value of catering to this p...
KAT FAY The women are stepping up their degree of difficulty more than the men. A lot of us do the same dive...
LAURA WILKINSON We have equality of men and women in western society, whereas in Islamic culture, women are inferior...
PIM FORTUYN As the French say, there are three sexes - men, women, and clergymen.
SYDNEY SMITH As the French say, there are three sexes, - men, women, and clergymen
SYDNEY SMITH I'm as old as my tongue and a little older than my teeth. Women know how to play the game better tha...
BARRY CARTER Plain women know more about men than beautiful ones do. But beautiful women don't need to know about...
KATHARINE HEPBURN Men draw more people to the counter than women.
JUDY RICE When it comes to sexuality, romantic love plays a large part in feminine sexual scripts. Research su...
SUSAN SHAW Instead of wishing to see more doctors made by women joining what there are, I wish to see as few do...
FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE Instead of wishing to see more doctors made by women joining what there are, I wish to see as few do...
FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE There is no such thing as a model or ideal Canadian. What could be more absurd than the concept of a...
PIERRE ELLIOTT TRUDEAU A man is unlikely to be brought within earshot of women as they judge men's appearance, height, musc...
NAOMI WOLF Fully 57 percent of American college students are women. Life insurance companies sell more policies...
SUZANNE FIELDS Most women have all other women as adversaries; most men have all other men as their allies
FRANK GELETT BURGESS You know, men and women are a lot alike in certain situations. Like when they're both on fire - they...
DAVE ATTELL Saying this tongue-in-cheek but as far as men are concerned women are toys and as far as women are c...
KEN O. ELDIB As lovers, the difference between men and women is that women can love all day long, but men only at...
W. SOMERSET MAUGHAM ,i>Since the Holy Spirit Gifts men and women alike, women should bel allowed to lead in the manne...
ALAN GARRETT Men and women also value the Internet for a second strength, as a gateway to limitless vaults of inf...
DEBORAH FALLOWS Women play more mobile games than men.
KANISHKA AGARWAL Women will never be as successful as men because they have no wives to advise them.
DICK VAN DYKE Women will never be as successful as men because they have no wives to advise them.
DICK VAN DYKE There is a fundamental difference between men and women - women need romance, men need intrigue.
SHERRY ARGOV To reduce alcohol consumption by pregnant women, there needs to be a government-society approach to ...
LUCY BURNS As to the deceit perpetrated upon women, let it pass, for, when love is in the way, men and women as...
GIACOMO CASANOVA For a man to strike any women is most brutal, and I, as well as everyone else, think this far worse ...
QUEEN VICTORIA The more women help one another, the more we help ourselves. Acting like a coalition truly does prod...
SHERYL SANDBERG Nothing is ever as good or as bad as it appears to be.
JEFFREY FRY Men and women are most alike at their most mature and soulful levels. Men and women are most differe...
RICHARD ROHR Women have no sympathy and my experience of women is almost as large as Europe.
FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE Men gossip for just as long and about the same subjects as women, but tend to talk more about themse...
KATE FOX Women want mediocre men, and men are working to be as mediocre as possible.
MARGARET MEAD I'm so proud to be voted as a number one role model by these young women. Of course though no-one kn...
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KOFI ANNAN I am braced and we are all ready.
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KOFI ANNAN guilty of no wrongdoing.
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KOFI ANNAN to ensure an end to impunity.
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KOFI ANNAN I don't like hypocrisy-even in international relations.
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KOJO ANNAN I admire my father greatly.
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