Portrait of Greta Thunberg

Greta Thunberg

Climate activist

Contemporary influential 144 sayings

Sayings by Greta Thunberg

I am telling you, there is hope. I have seen it. But it does not come from governments or corporations. It comes from the people.

2019 — Interview with The Guardian
Political Unverifiable

When you look at history, all the great changes in society have come from the bottom up.

2019 — Interview with The Guardian
Educational Unverifiable

We cannot solve a crisis without treating it as a crisis.

2019 — Speech at the UN Climate Action Summit
Wisdom Unverifiable

We are not going to wait for you to act. We are going to make you act.

2019 — Speech at Extinction Rebellion protest in London
Wisdom Unverifiable

For way too long, the politicians and the people in power have gotten away with not doing anything at all.

2018 — Speech at COP24 climate summit
Political Unverifiable

The climate crisis is the easiest crisis we have ever faced. Because we know what we need to do. We just have to stop doing certain things.

2019 — Interview with The Guardian
Nature & World Unverifiable

We are united behind the science. You are not.

2019 — Speech at COP25 climate summit
Educational Unverifiable

We are facing an existential crisis, and we need to act like it.

2019 — Interview with The Guardian
Wisdom Unverifiable

My generation will not give up without a fight.

2019 — Speech at COP25 climate summit
War & Conflict Unverifiable

If you don't take this seriously, we will make you take it seriously.

2019 — Speech at COP25 climate summit
Wisdom Unverifiable

I want to be remembered as the girl who made a difference.

2019 — Interview with The Guardian
Wisdom Unverifiable

We are facing an emergency, and we need to act like it is an emergency.

2019 — Speech at the UN Climate Action Summit
Wisdom Unverifiable

We are the last generation that can fix this.

2019 — Interview with The Guardian
Wisdom Unverifiable

I am just speaking the truth, because no one else is doing it.

2019 — Interview with The Guardian
Power & Leadership Unverifiable

The climate crisis is not a political issue. It is a scientific issue.

2019 — Speech to European Parliament
Political Unverifiable

I don’t want you to be hopeful. I want you to panic. I want you to feel the fear I feel every day.

2019 — Speech at the World Economic Forum in Davos
Life & Death Unverifiable

I have Asperger’s, and I think in many ways that makes me see the world differently.

2019 — Interview with The Guardian
Wisdom Unverifiable

How dare you! You have stolen my dreams and my childhood with your empty words.

2019 — UN Climate Action Summit, New York
General Confirmed

Until you start focusing on what needs to be done rather than what is politically possible, there is no hope. We can't solve a crisis without treating it as a crisis.

2019 — Speech at the World Economic Forum, Davos
Political Unverifiable

We don’t need to ‘lower’ emissions. We need to stop them.

2021 — Tweet
General Unverifiable
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