Quotes / Thinkers / Malala Yousafzai
Thinker · 7 quotes
7 sourced quotes by Malala Yousafzai on education & knowledge, women & gender, media, speech & public opinion, with a use case for each in GS4, Essay and interviews.
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Sometimes people like to ask me why should girls go to school, why is it important for them. But I think the more important question is why shouldn't they, why shouldn't they have this right to go to school.
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.
One child, one teacher, one book, one pen can change the world.
There is no greater weapon than knowledge and no greater source of knowledge than the written word.
My father says that education is neither Eastern or Western. Education is education: it's the right of everyone.
The world can no longer accept, the world can no longer accept that basic education is enough. Why do leaders accept that for children in developing countries, only basic literacy is sufficient, when their own children do homework in Algebra, Mathematics, Science and Physics?
Dear sisters and brothers, we realise the importance of light when we see darkness. We realise the importance of our voice when we are silenced.