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Let us become the first generation to decide to be the last that sees empty classrooms, lost childhoods and wasted potential

Malala Yousafzai

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Malala Yousafzai
Age: 27
Born: 1997
Born: July 12
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I speak not for myself, but so those without a voice can be heard. Those who have fought for their rights. Their right to live in peace. Their right to be treated with dignity. Their right to equality of opportunity. Their right to be educated.
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When the whole world is silent, even one voice becomes powerful.
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We call upon all communities to be tolerant, to reject prejudice based on caste, creed, sect, colour, religion or agenda to ensure freedom and equality for women so they can flourish. We cannot all succeed when half of us are held back.
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I think of it often and imagine the scene clearly. Even if they come to kill me, I will tell them what they are trying to do is wrong, that education is our basic right.
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I want poverty to end in tomorrow's Pakistan. I want every girl in Pakistan to go to school.
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The extremists are afraid of books and pens, the power of education frightens them. they are afraid of women.
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A city without books, a city without a library is like a graveyard.
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Our men think earning money and ordering around others is where power lies. They don't think power is in the hands of the woman who takes care of everyone all day long, and gives birth to their children.
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