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

One child, one teacher, one book and one pen can change the world.

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.

I want to just stay focused on my mission. That is to see every girl get the right to education. And I think this is such an important thing that girls get their right to go to school, and we are losing the potential that these young girls have in this region, like Iraq.

They only can shoot a body but they cannot shoot my dreams.

They are afraid of educated women. They are afraid of the power of knowledge.

I am not here to speak against the Taliban. I'm here to speak up for the right of every child.