Quotes from Kailash Satyarthi

As the anti-slavery community, we must together ensure that this attention is transferred into concrete action and results.

Every single minute matters, every single child matters, every single childhood matters.

Denial of childhood and denial of freedom are the biggest sins which humankind has been committing and perpetuating for ages.

More than 30 years ago, when I had embarked upon the fight against child labour, it was not even considered an issue worth any discussion. It was accepted as a way of life in India, much like it was in other countries. Today, no country or business or society can throw this issue away.

Let us democratise knowledge. Let us universalise justice. Together, let us globalise compassion!

I dream for a world which is free of child labour, a world in which every child goes to school. A world in which every child gets his rights.

The first 'D' is to dream: dream big - not for yourself, but for the country and for the world. The second 'D' is to discover: discover your full potential and the opportunities that surround you; and the third 'D' is to do. 'Do' means to act on your dreams and make best use of the opportunities you have discovered.

From my own experience, I want to say that you should follow your heart, and the mind will follow you. Believe in yourself, and you will create miracles.

The power of youth is the common wealth for the entire world. The faces of young people are the faces of our past, our present and our future. No segment in the society can match with the power, idealism, enthusiasm and courage of the young people.

We still have a soft approach on the perpetrators of crimes like worst forms of child labour.

India may be a land of over a 100 problems, but it is also a place for a billion solutions.

Child labor perpetuates poverty, unemployment, illiteracy, population growth, and other social problems.

Let us unite the world through the compassion for our children.

A lot of work still remains but I will see the end of child labor in my lifetime.

The fight against child slavery is the fight against traditional mindset, policy deficit, and lack of accountability and urgency for children across the globe.

Economic growth and human development need to go hand in hand. Human values need to be advocated vigorously.

I have been very strongly advocating that poverty must not be used as an excuse to continue child labour. It perpetuates poverty. If children are deprived of education, they remain poor.

There is a triangular relationship between poverty, child labour and illiteracy who have a cause and consequence relationship. We will have to break this vicious circle.

I refuse to accept that the shackles of slavery can ever be stronger than the quest for freedom.

Every child matters. If we fail our children, we are bound to fail our present, our future, faith, cultures, and civilisations as well.