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Quotes by Ghanaian Authors
"Above all else, we need a reaffirmation of political commitment at the highest levels to reducing the dangers that arise both from existing nuclear weapons and from further proliferation."
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"Iraq has a new opportunity to comply with all these relevant resolutions of the Security Council."
11
"For us Africans, literature must serve a purpose: to expose, embarrass, and fight corruption and authoritarianism. It is understandable why the African artist is utilitarian."
11
"We have to choose between a global market driven only by calculations of short-term profit, and one which has a human face."
9
"Education, particularly higher education, will take Africa into the mainstream of globalization."
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"National markets are held together by shared values and confidence in certain minimum standards. But in the new global market, people do not yet have that confidence."
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"We have the means and the capacity to deal with our problems, if only we can find the political will."
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"More countries have understood that women's equality is a prerequisite for development."
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"Gender equality is more than a goal in itself. It is a precondition for meeting the challenge of reducing poverty, promoting sustainable development and building good governance."
7
"Never again should Ghanaians have to resort to dubious means to get to, or live in, foreign lands, simply to make a living."
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"Education is a human right with immense power to transform. On its foundation rest the cornerstones of freedom, democracy and sustainable human development."
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"The Lord had the wonderful advantage of being able to work alone."
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"We prefer self-government with danger to servitude in tranquility."
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"Freedom is not something that one people can bestow on another as a gift. Thy claim it as their own and none can keep it from them."
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"In their greatest hour of need, the world failed the people of Rwanda."
6
"You can't do anything to help your team win when you don't play."
6
"It has been said that arguing against globalization is like arguing against the laws of gravity."
5
"There has been enough suffering in our country, there has been enough of children whose dreams die before they have a chance to grow and there has been enough of our elders who, having served their nation, are forced into indignity in their old age."
5
"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."
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"The best way of learning to be an independent sovereign state is to be an independent sovereign state."
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"I urge the Iraqi leadership for sake of its own people... to seize this opportunity and thereby begin to end the isolation and suffering of the Iraqi people."
5
"People are worms, and even the God who created them is immensely bored with their antics."
5
"If information and knowledge are central to democracy, they are the conditions for development."
4
"Diplomacy means the art of nearly deceiving all your friends, but not quite deceiving all your enemies."
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"To live is to choose. But to choose well, you must know who you are and what you stand for, where you want to go and why you want to get there."
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"More than ever before in human history, we share a common destiny. We can master it only if we face it together. And that, my friends, is why we have the United Nations."
4
"I honestly didn't expect this much attention, but it just keeps happening so I must be doing something right."
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"In the rush for justice it is important not to lose sight of principles the country holds dear."
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"If one is going to err, one should err on the side of liberty and freedom."
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"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."
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"One of the first steps to successful leadership is to always forget your age and remember your dream regularly."
"If you were called to gallop like the horse, never end up hopping like the frog. Rise up for greatness."
"Don't be retarded, excellence is "status quo discarded". Look ahead and don't see the little things you do now as the final products to ever stand out of your personal actions!"
"Whether you like it or not, you are branding yourself. The concern is whether the brand is a positive one or not. It is therefore expected of every aspiring achiever who wants to make an indelible impact to first of all create and maintain a good brand."
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