I 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.
Kailash SatyarthiRead
We adults, our policies, our ways of governance, are responsible for poverty, not the children.
Interpretation
What this quote means
Adults are accountable for the systems that create poverty, not the children who suffer from it.
In this quote, Kailash Satyarthi emphasizes that it is the adults, through their decisions and governance, that perpetuate poverty in society. He points out that children should not bear the blame for the conditions they live in; instead, it is the responsibility of the grown-ups to create policies and systems that uplift rather than oppress the younger generation.
Themes
PovertyResponsibilityGovernanceChildrenAdults
In practice
Example use cases
A speech on child rights during a human rights conference.
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