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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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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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I refuse to accept that the shackles of slavery can ever be stronger than the quest for freedom.
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Let us democratise knowledge. Let us universalise justice. Together, let us globalise compassion!
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Let us unite the world through the compassion for our children.
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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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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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For me, peace is a fundamental human right of every child; it is inevitable and divine.
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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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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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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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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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We still have a soft approach on the perpetrators of crimes like worst forms of child labour.
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Each time I free a child, I feel it is something closer to God.
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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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Elimination of child labour and access to education are like two sides of one coin. One cannot be achieved without the other.
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Today it is time for every child to have a right to life, right to freedom, right to health, right to education, safety, the right to dignity, right to equality, and right to peace.
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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.
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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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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.
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Denial of childhood and denial of freedom are the biggest sins which humankind has been committing and perpetuating for ages.