Kailash Satyarthi Quotes
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The biggest challenge or biggest crisis knocking on the doors of humankind is fear and intolerance.
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Child labor perpetuates poverty, unemployment, illiteracy, population growth, and other social problems.
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World's children cannot wait any longer. While international community debates and issues recommendations, statements and fine speeches, world's children - marginalised, socially excluded, poor and vulnerable - continue to suffer.
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I refuse to accept that the shackles of slavery can ever be stronger than the quest for freedom.
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I never go to temples, but when I see a child, I see God in them.
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Childhood means simplicity. Look at the world with the child's eye - it is very beautiful.
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Let us democratise knowledge. Let us universalise justice. Together, let us globalise compassion!
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Economic growth and human development need to go hand in hand. Human values need to be advocated vigorously.
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There is a triangular relationship between poverty, child labour and illiteracy who have a cause and consequence relationship. We will have to break this vicious circle.
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I hope that youngsters and civil society organizations and every Indian will feel proud. It is a noble cause to work for the rights of children. It is a movement against child labour and everyone must join it.
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For me, peace is a fundamental human right of every child; it is inevitable and divine.
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Let us unite the world through the compassion for our children.
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The first 'D' is to dream: dream big - not for yourself, but for the country and for the world. The second 'D' is to discover: discover your full potential and the opportunities that surround you; and the third 'D' is to do. 'Do' means to act on your dreams and make best use of the opportunities you have discovered.
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India may be a land of over a 100 problems, but it is also a place for a billion solutions.
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Denial of childhood and denial of freedom are the biggest sins which humankind has been committing and perpetuating for ages.
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Each time I free a child, I feel it is something closer to God.
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Caste, religion, the political system, the economic system - all are helping the bonded labor owners … I believe in Gandhi’s philosophy of the last man, that is, the bonded laborer is the last man in Indian society, that we are here to liberate the last man.
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Today, I see thousands of Mahatma Gandhis, Martin Luther Kings, and Nelson Mandelas marching forward and calling on us. The boys and girls have joined. I have joined in. We ask you to join, too.
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As the anti-slavery community, we must together ensure that this attention is transferred into concrete action and results.
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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.
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Learning from the experiences of our ancestors, let us together create knowledge for all that benefits all.
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We work with broken families and broken people who've lost hope and are helpless. If people oppose my work, launch personal attacks, we know that we are on the right path. One colleague was shot, another was beaten to death. I've injuries all over my body. We work against a social evil. If this evil isn't reacting it means we aren't a threat.
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The power of youth is the common wealth for the entire world. The faces of young people are the faces of our past, our present and our future. No segment in the society can match with the power, idealism, enthusiasm and courage of the young people.
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I think of it all as a test. This is a moral examination that one has to pass... to stand up against such social evils.