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Quotes by Ghanaian Authors
"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."
"We prefer self-government with danger to servitude in tranquility."
"More countries have understood that women's equality is a prerequisite for development."
"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."
"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."
"It has been said that arguing against globalization is like arguing against the laws of gravity."
"Never again should Ghanaians have to resort to dubious means to get to, or live in, foreign lands, simply to make a living."
"Education is a human right with immense power to transform. On its foundation rest the cornerstones of freedom, democracy and sustainable human development."
"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."
"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."
"You can't do anything to help your team win when you don't play."
"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."
"Diplomacy means the art of nearly deceiving all your friends, but not quite deceiving all your enemies."
"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."
"The writer identifies the thought behind every written word."
"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."
"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."
"In the rush for justice it is important not to lose sight of principles the country holds dear."
"Education, particularly higher education, will take Africa into the mainstream of globalization."
"If information and knowledge are central to democracy, they are the conditions for development."
"In their greatest hour of need, the world failed the people of Rwanda."
"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."
"We have to choose between a global market driven only by calculations of short-term profit, and one which has a human face."
"People are worms, and even the God who created them is immensely bored with their antics."
"The Lord had the wonderful advantage of being able to work alone."
"I honestly didn't expect this much attention, but it just keeps happening so I must be doing something right."
"The best way of learning to be an independent sovereign state is to be an independent sovereign state."
"If one is going to err, one should err on the side of liberty and freedom."
"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."
"Your initiatives should be purposeful. Never climb a tree with the purpose of plucking a fruit, only to come down with a leaf."
"We have the means and the capacity to deal with our problems, if only we can find the political will."
"Iraq has a new opportunity to comply with all these relevant resolutions of the Security Council."
"If you were called to gallop like the horse, never end up hopping like the frog. Rise up for greatness."
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