Pakistanis can't trust. They've seen in history that people, particularly politicians, are corrupt. And they're misguided by people in the name of Islam. They're told: 'Malala is not a Muslim, she's not in purdah, she's working for America.

Education is education. We should learn everything and then choose which path to follow." Education is neither Eastern nor Western, it is human.

read thousands of books and I will power myself with knowledge. Pens and books are the weapons that defeat terrorism.

This is the philosophy of nonviolence that I have learned from Gandhi, Bacha Khan and Mother Teresa.

We liked to be known as the clever girls. When we decorated our hands with henna for holidays and weddings, we drew calculus and chemical formulae instead of flowers and butterflies.

Education is the best weapon through which we can fight poverty, ignorance and terrorism.

I am not against anyone. Neither am I here to speak in terms of personal revenge against the Taliban or any other terrorist group. I am here to speak for the right of education for every child. I want education for the sons and daughters of the Taliban and all the terrorists and extremists.