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All Quotes by author - Kailash Satyarthi

" As the anti-slavery community, we must together ensure that this attention is transferred into concrete action and results. "

" At about an age when most children start full time schooling, hundreds of thousands of their contemporaries start a lifetime of drudgery in factories and fields, working 12-16 hours daily. "

" Childhood means simplicity. Look at the world with the child's eye - it is very beautiful. "

" Child labor perpetuates poverty, unemployment, illiteracy, population growth, and other social problems. "

" Child slavery is a crime against humanity. Humanity itself is at stake here. A lot of work still remains, but I will see the end of child labor in my lifetime. "

" Denial of childhood and denial of freedom are the biggest sins which humankind has been committing and perpetuating for ages. "

" Each time I free a child, I feel it is something closer to God. "

" Economic growth and human development need to go hand in hand. Human values need to be advocated vigorously. "

" Elimination of child labour and access to education are like two sides of one coin. One cannot be achieved without the other. "

" Every child matters. If we fail our children, we are bound to fail our present, our future, faith, cultures, and civilisations as well. "

" Every single minute matters, every single child matters, every single childhood matters. "

" For me, peace is a fundamental human right of every child; it is inevitable and divine. "

" From my own experience, I want to say that you should follow your heart, and the mind will follow you. Believe in yourself, and you will create miracles. "

Believe In Yourself

" I am positive that I would see the end of child labour around the world in my lifetime, as the poorest of the poor have realised that education is a tool that can empower them. "

" I am really honoured, but if the prize had gone to Mahatma Gandhi before me, I would have been more honoured. "

" I am representing here - the sound of silence. The cry of innocence. And, the face of invisibility. I represent millions of those children who are left behind, and that's why I have kept an empty chair here as a reminder. "

" I am thankful to the Nobel committee for recognising the plight of millions of children who are suffering in this modern age. "

" I call for a march from exploitation to education, from poverty to shared prosperity, a march from slavery to liberty, and a march from violence to peace. "

" I dream for a world which is free of child labour, a world in which every child goes to school. A world in which every child gets his rights. "

" If not now, then when? If not you, then who? If we are able to answer these fundamental questions, then perhaps we can wipe away the blot of human slavery. "

" If you keep on buying things made by child slaves in such conditions, you are equally responsible for the perpetration of slavery. "

" I have been very strongly advocating that poverty must not be used as an excuse to continue child labour. It perpetuates poverty. If children are deprived of education, they remain poor. "

" I have come here only to share the voices and dreams of our children - because they are all our children. "

" India may be a land of over a 100 problems, but it is also a place for a billion solutions. "

" I never go to temples, but when I see a child, I see God in them. "

" I refuse to accept that the shackles of slavery can ever be stronger than the quest for freedom. "

" Learning from the experiences of our ancestors, let us together create knowledge for all that benefits all. "

" Let us democratise knowledge. Let us universalise justice. Together, let us globalise compassion! "

" Let us unite the world through the compassion for our children. "

" More than 30 years ago, when I had embarked upon the fight against child labour, it was not even considered an issue worth any discussion. It was accepted as a way of life in India, much like it was in other countries. Today, no country or business or society can throw this issue away. "

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