Top 10 Most Famous Kailash Satyarthi Quotes (BEST)
“For centuries, we were taught that anger is bad. Our parents, teachers, priests, everyone taught us how to control and suppress our anger. But I ask: why can’t we convert our anger for the larger good of society?”
Kailash Satyarthi
PinIf 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.PinThere is no greater violence than to deny the dreams of our children.PinI refuse to accept that the shackles of slavery can ever be stronger than the quest for freedom.PinIndia may be a land of over a 100 problems, but it is also a place for a billion solutions.PinChildhood means simplicity. Look at the world with the child’s eye – it is very beautiful.PinThe biggest challenge or biggest crisis knocking on the doors of humankind is fear and intolerance.PinI refuse to accept that the world is so poor, when just one week of global spending on armies is enough to bring all of our children into classrooms.PinA lot of work still remains but I will see the end of child labor in my lifetime.PinChild labor perpetuates poverty, unemployment, illiteracy, population growth and other social problems.
10 Kailash Satyarthi Quotes on Child Trafficking
“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.”
Kailash Satyarthi
PinEvery single minute matters, every single child matters, every single childhood matters.PinDuring the past few years North East India has emerged as one of the biggest destinations for child trafficking.PinI am thankful to the Nobel committee for recognising the plight of millions of children who are suffering in this modern age.PinI have been very strongly advocating that poverty must not be used as an excuse to continue child labour. It perpetuates poverty. If children are deprived of education, they remain poor.
“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.”
Kailash Satyarthi
PinI call for a march from exploitation to education, from poverty to shared prosperity, a march from slavery to liberty, and a march from violence to peace.PinIf you keep on buying things made by child slaves in such conditions, you are equally responsible for the perpetration of slavery.PinIf you keep on buying things made by child slaves in such conditions, you are equally responsible for the perpetration of slavery.PinAs the anti-slavery community, we must together ensure that this attention is transferred into concrete action and results.
5 Inspirational Kailash Satyarthi Quotes on Children
“My philosophy is that I am a friend of the children. I don’t think anyone should see them as pitiable subjects or charity. That is old people’s rhetoric. People often relate childish behaviour to stupidity or foolishness. This mindset needs to change. I want to level the playing field where I can learn from the children. Something I can learn from children is transparency. They are innocent, straightforward, and have no biases. I relate children to simplicity and I think that my friendship with children has a much deeper meaning than others.”
Kailash Satyarthi
PinWe adults, our policies, our ways of governance, are responsible for poverty, not the children.PinEvery child matters. If we fail our children, we are bound to fail our present, our future, faith, cultures, and civilisations as well.PinFor me, peace is a fundamental human right of every child; it is inevitable and divine.
“We talk of globalization, and how much money is needed for the education of children in the world, their liberation and rehabilitation just $9 billion which is four days of military expense. Just four days. Nine billion dollars is nothing. But what Americans spent on ice cream just 20 percent of this. One fifth of what you spend on ice creams could bring the children out of the clutches of their masters and put them to school.”
Kailash Satyarthi
6 Motivational Kailash Satyarthi Quotes About Life
PinI am really honoured but if the prize had gone to Mahatma Gandhi before me I would have been more honoured.PinLet us democratise knowledge. Let us universalise justice. Together, let us globalise compassion!PinI think of it all as a test. This is a moral examination that one has to pass… to stand up against such social evils.PinToday, in every wave of every ocean, I see our children playing and dancing. Today, in every plant, tree, and mountain, I see our children growing in freedom.PinLearning from the experiences of our ancestors, let us together create knowledge for all that benefits all.PinEquity is compromised due to the privatisation of education. Education has become a commodity. Those who can afford to buy it, buy it, and those who can sell it make money out of it.
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