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I want world leaders to choose books over bullets...We can afford to give every girl 12 years of free education. It is absolutely in our power, and when we do, we will realize a whole new world of possibility.

Malala Yousafzai

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Malala Yousafzai
Age: 27
Born: 1997
Born: July 12
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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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We are stronger than those who oppress us, who seek to silence us. We are stronger than the enemies of education. We are stronger than fear, hatred, violence and poverty.
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My dream is to see every girl educated, in every country.
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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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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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I am proud to be a girl, and I know that girls can change the world.
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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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Ignorance allowed politicians to fool people and bad administrators to be re-elected.
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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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Every girl deserves to take part in creating the technology that will change our world and change who runs it.
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My family and I are heartbroken after hearing the news that more than 100 innocent children and teachers have lost their lives...
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I think life is always dangerous. Some people get afraid of it. Some people don't go forward. But some people, if they want to achieve their goal, they have to go. They have to move.
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There is no greater weapon than knowledge and no greater source of knowledge than the written word.
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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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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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Why is it, that giving guns is so easy, but giving books is so hard?
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I think everyone makes a mistake at least once in their life. The important thing is what you learn from it. That's why I have problems with our Pashtunwali code. We are supposed to take revenge for wrongs done to us, but where does that end? If a man in one family is killed or hurt by another man, revenge must be exacted to restore nang (honor).
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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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I tell my story, not because it is unique, but because it is not. It is the story of many girls.
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