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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

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Malala Yousafzai
Age: 27
Born: 1997
Born: July 12
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As we crossed the Malakand Pass I saw a young girl selling oranges. She was scratching marks on a piece of paper with a pencil to account for the oranges she had sold, as she could not read or write. I took a photo of her and vowed I would do everything in my power to help educate girls just like her. This was the war I was going to fight.
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A city without books, a city without a library is like a graveyard.
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The terrorists thought they would change my aims and stop my ambitions. But nothing changed in my life except this: weakness, fear and hopelessness died. Strength, power and courage was born.
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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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Malala Day is not my day. Today is the day of every woman, every boy and every girl who have raised their voice for their rights.
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I had two options. One was to remain silent and wait to be killed. And the second was to speak up and then be killed. I chose the second one. I decided to speak up.
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We like to put sacred texts in flowing waters, so I rolled it up, tied it to a piece of wood, placed a dandelion on top, and floated it in the stream which flows into the Swat River. Surely God would find it there.
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A girl has the power to go forward in her life. And she's not only a mother, she's not only a sister, she's not only a wife. But a girl has the - she should have an identity. She should be recognized and she has equal rights as a boy.
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I believe in the power of the voice of women.
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Ignorance allowed politicians to fool people and bad administrators to be re-elected.
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When I look at my goal, my goal is peace.
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It is not time to tell the leaders to realize how important education is - they already know it - their own children are in good schools. Now it is time to call them to take action.
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The best way to fight terrorism is not through guns. It's through pens, books, teachers and schools.
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I thought that words and books and pens were more powerful than guns.
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Some people only ask others to do something. I believe that, why should I wait for someone else? Why don't I take a step and move forward.
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If a woman can go to the beach and wear nothing, then why can't she also wear everything?
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They only can shoot a body but they cannot shoot my dreams.
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There are many problems, but I think there is a solution to all these problems, it's just one and it's education. You educate all the girls and boys. You give them the opportunity to learn.
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Why is it, that giving guns is so easy, but giving books is so hard?
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In some parts of the world, students are going to school every day. It's their normal life. But in other part of the world, we are starving for education... it's like a precious gift. It's like a diamond.
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