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“Universal literacy was a 20th-century goal. Before then, reading and writing were skills largely confined to a small, highly educated class of professional people.”

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Author:Hugh Mackay

“International Literacy Day is an occasion to celebrate the importance of literacy to individuals, communities and societies everywhere”

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Author:Koichiro Matsuura

“it is inconceivable that poverty eradication can make much headway in the absence of major advances in literacy.”

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Author:Koichiro Matsuura

“Achieving the right to basic education for all is thus one of the biggest moral challenges of our times.”

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Author:Koichiro Matsuura

“A literate world is a possible and desirable one. There are enough resources. What is now needed is the collective will of the international community to ensure that the necessary support is forthcoming.”

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Author:Koichiro Matsuura

“I'd rather teach peace.”

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Author:Colman McCarthy

“Over the next two years UNICEF will focus on improving access to and the quality of education to provide children who have dropped out of school or who work during school hours the opportunity to gain a formal education!”

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Author:Roger Moore

“we must go on fighting for basic education for all, but also emphasize the importance of the content of education. We have to make sure that sectarian schooling does not convert education into a prison, rather than being a passport to the wide world.”

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Author:Amartya Sen

“The elimination of ignorance, of illiteracy... and of needless inequalities in opportunities (is) to be seen as objectives that are valued for their own sake. They expand our freedom to lead the lives we have reason to value, and these elementary capabilities are of importance on their own”

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Book:Indian Development: Selected Regional Perspectives

Source: Indian Development: Selected Regional Perspectives

“What makes me angry? The education of children. How in God's name can you expect to have a functioning society the way we teach our kids?”

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Author:Kathleen Turner

“Everyone deserves the best start in life, which is what UNICEF is working to provide the world's most vulnerable children. Education is essential to a child's development. I hope that as an Ambassador I can encourage people to join UNICEF's mission to make education a reality for children throughout the world.”

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Author:Clay Aiken

“Literacy unlocks the door to learning throughout life, is essential to development and health, and opens the way for democratic participation and active citizenship.”

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Author:Kofi Annan

“Creating a world that is truly fit for children does not imply simply the absence of war... It means having primary schools nearby that educate children, free of charge... It means building a world fit for children, where every child can grow to adulthood in health, peace and dignity.”

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Author:Carol Bellamy

“Literacy is not a luxury, it is a right and a responsibility. If our world is to meet the challenges of the twenty-first century we must harness the energy and creativity of all our citizens.”

Source: Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: William J. Clinton, 1994

“Peace does not fare well where poverty and deprivation reign. It does not flourish where there is ignorance and a lack of education and information.”

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Author:Frederik Willem de Klerk

“People are the common denominator of progress. So no improvement is possible with unimproved people, and advance is certain when people are liberated and educated. It would be wrong to dismiss the importance of roads, railroads, power plants, mills,and the other familiar furniture of economic development. But we are coming to realize that there is a certain sterility in economic monuments that stand alone in a sea of illiteracy. Conquest of illiteracy comes first.”

“I'm not a statistician, but it doesn't take a genious to work out that 100 million children being denied an education is ridiculous. There is nothing lost in translation here, it's obvious that's wrong.”

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Author:Scarlett Johansson

“That everyone may receive at least a moderate education appears to be an objective of vital importance.”

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Author:Abraham Lincoln

“I don't think anybody anywhere can talk about the future of their people or of an organization without talking about education. Whoever controls the education of our children controls our future.”

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Author:Wilma Mankiller

“Why is compassion not part of our established curriculum, an inherent part of our education? Compassion, awe, wonder, curiosity, exaltation, humility - these are the very foundation of any real civilization, no longer the prerogatives, the preserves of any one church, but belonging to everyone, every child in every home, in every school.”

“It is my vision that we all will dedicate the next decade to achieve universal literacy and education for all children, especially for girls. More than 145 million of the world's children are deprived of education due to poverty, exploitation, slavery, gender discrimination, religious extremism, and corrupt governments. May Three Cups of Tea be a catalyst to bring the gift of literacy to each of those children who deserves a chance to go to school.”

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