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
I am thankful to the Nobel committee for recognising the plight of millions of children who are suffering in this modern age.
Interpretation
The quote expresses gratitude for acknowledging global child suffering.
Kailash Satyarthi's quote reflects his appreciation towards the Nobel committee for bringing attention to the critical issues faced by millions of children in today's world. It emphasizes the importance of recognizing and addressing their struggles, underpinning a broader call for social responsibility and humanitarian action in contemporary society.
In practice
In a speech about humanitarian efforts, you might quote Satyarthi to highlight the ongoing challenges faced by children.
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.
We adults, our policies, our ways of governance, are responsible for poverty, not the children.
Child labor perpetuates poverty, unemployment, illiteracy, population growth and other social problems.
The single aim of my life is that every child is:_x000D_ free to be a child,_x000D_ free to grow and develop,_x000D_ free to eat, sleep, see daylight,_x000D_ free to laugh and cry,_x000D_ free to play,_x000D_ free to learn, free to go to school, and above all, free to dream.
I dream for a world which is free of child labour, a world in which every child goes to school. A world in which every child gets his rights.
World's children cannot wait any longer. While international community debates and issues recommendations, statements and fine speeches, world's children - marginalised, socially excluded, poor and vulnerable - continue to suffer.
Appraise war in terms of the fundamental factors. The first of these factors is moral influence.
How can I lose faith in the justice of life, when the dreams of those who sleep upon feathers are not more beautiful than the dreams of those who sleep upon the earth?
Revolutionary men with principles were not really different from the rest. They used their cleverness to get, in return for principles, what other men buy with their money.
In the law, rights are islands of empowerment. . . . Rights contain images of power, and manipulating those images, either visually or linguistically, is central in the making and maintenance of rights. In principle, therefore, the more dizzyingly diverse the images that are propagated, the more empowered we will be as a society.
Peace can only be secured by justice; never by force of arms.
What, all so soon asleep! I wish mine eyes Would, with themselves, shut up my thoughts.
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