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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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Let us make our future now, and let us make our dreams tomorrow's reality.
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My father was convinced the Taliban would hunt him down and kill him, but he again refused security from the police. 'If you go around with a lot of security the Taliban will use Kalashnikovs or suicide bombers and more people will be killed,' he said. 'At least I'll be killed alone.'
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I am proud to be a girl, and I know that girls can change the world.
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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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When I look at my goal, my goal is peace.
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The best way to fight terrorism is to invest in education. Instead of sending weapons, send teachers.
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We are human beings, and this is the part of our human nature, that we don't learn the importance of anything until it's snatched from our hands.
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I truly believe the only way we can create global peace is through not only educating our minds, but our hearts and our souls.
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I don't know why people have divided the whole world into two groups, west and east. Education is neither eastern nor western. Education is education and it's the right of every human being.
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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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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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We must believe in the power and strength of our words. Our words can change the world.
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I think that the best way to solve problems and to fight against war is through dialogue. For me the best way to fight against terrorism and extremism... just a simple thing: educate the next generation.
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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 want education for the sons and daughters of the Taliban and all the terrorists and extremists. I do not even hate the Talib who shot me. Even if there was a gun in my hand and he was standing in front of me, I would not shoot him. This is the compassion I have learned from Mohamed, the prophet of mercy, Jesus Christ and Lord Buddha.
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Books are a better investment in our future than bullets. Books, not bullets, will pave the path towards peace and prosperity.
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