They thought that the bullets would silence us, but they failed.

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

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

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.

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.

And if we want to achieve our goal, then let us empower ourselves with the weapon of knowledge and let us shield ourselves with unity and togetherness.

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