If you could have a gigantic billboard anywhere, what would it say and why?
Recorded Kofi Annan said elsewhere, not written here
In this new century, we must start from the understanding that peace belongs not only to states or peoples, but to each and every member of those communities. The sovereignty of States must no longer be used as a shield for gross violations of human rights. Peace must be made real and tangible in the daily existence of every individual in need. Peace must be sought, above all, because it is the condition for every member of the human family to live a life of dignity and security.

Oslo City Hall, The Nobel Foundation, 10 December 2001 source ↗

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Mikhail Gorbachev General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union 1985–1991; President of the Soviet Union 1990–1991
Peace is not unity in similarity but unity in diversity, in the comparison and conciliation of differences.
Recorded Oslo City Hall, The Nobel Foundation, 5 June 1991 source ↗
Jacinda Ardern Prime Minister of New Zealand, 2017–2023; Leader of the Labour Party 2017–2023
We are the richer for our difference, and poorer for our division. Through genuine debate and dialogue, through rebuilding trust in information and one another, through empathy – let us reclaim the space in between.
Recorded Tercentenary Theatre, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, Harvard Magazine, 26 May 2022 source ↗
Wangari Maathai Founder of the Green Belt Movement; Member of Parliament for Tetu, Kenya, 2002–2007; Assistant Minister for Environment and Natural Resources 2003–2005
In the course of history, there comes a time when humanity is called to shift to a new level of consciousness, to reach a higher moral ground. A time when we have to shed our fear and give hope to each other. That time is now.
Recorded Oslo City Hall, The Nobel Foundation, 10 December 2004 source ↗
Marcus Rashford England international footballer
We know there are over 380,000 children across the UK today that have never owned a book, children that are in vulnerable environments. That has to change. My books are, and always will be, for every child, even if I have to deliver them myself. We will reach them.
Recorded Statement on the launch of the Marcus Rashford Book Club, Sky Sports, 16 November 2020 source ↗

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