Malala Yousafzai

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Malala Yousafzai is a Pakistani activist known for her advocacy of girls' education, particularly following her survival of a Taliban assassination attempt.

Born
July 12, 1997
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"This is what my soul is telling me: be peaceful and love everyone."

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"In In Pakistan, when we were stopped from going to school, at that time I realized that education ... Is the power for women, and that's why the terrorists are afraid of education."

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"Ignorance allowed politicians to fool people and bad administrators to be re-elected."

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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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"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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"I had two options. One was to remain silent and wait to be killed. And the second was to speak up and then be killed. I chose the second one. I decided to speak up."

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"Instead of sending guns, send books. Instead of sending weapons, send teachers."

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"We realize the importance of our voices only when we are silenced"

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"We cannot succeed when half of us are held back. We call upon our sisters around the world to be brave, to embrace the strength within themselves and realize their full potential."

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"Socialism is the only answer and I urge all comrades to take this struggle to a victorious conclusion. Only this will free us from the chains of bigotry and exploitation."

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"Malala Day is not my day. Today is the day of every woman, every boy and every girl who have raised their voice for their rights."

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"Weakness, fear and hopelessness died. Strength, power and courage was born."

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"Fifty seven million children across the world don't want an iPhone, Xbox or chocolates. They want a book and pen."

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"The best way to fight terrorism is to invest in education. Instead of sending weapons, send teachers."

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"I dreamt of a country where education would prevail."

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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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"You must fight others, but through peace, and through dialogue, and through education."

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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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