QuoteQuest“Over the past five years, I have often recalled that the United Nations' Charter begins with the words: "We the peoples." What is not always recognized is that "we the peoples" are made up of individuals whose claims to the most fundamental rights have too often been sacrificed in the supposed interests of the state or the nation.”
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- Title
- Wikiquote: Kofi Annan
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- reference · Secondary source
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- Wikiquote
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Annan, Kofi. (n.d.). Wikiquote: Kofi Annan. Wikiquote. https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Kofi_Annan
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