We should not be followers of traditions that go against human rights...we are human beings and we make traditions.

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

My father was convinced the Taliban would hunt him down and kill him, but he again refused security from the police. 'If you go around with a lot of security the Taliban will use Kalashnikovs or suicide bombers and more people will be killed,' he said. 'At least I'll be killed alone.'

And also I didn't want my future to be just sitting in a room and be imprisoned in my four walls and just cooking and giving birth to children. I didn't want to see my life in that way.

There is no greater weapon than knowledge and no greater source of knowledge than the written word.

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.

I’m still me, Malala. The important thing is God has given me my life.