"Adults keep saying we owe it to the young people, to give them hope, but I don't want your hope. I don't want you to be hopeful. I want you to panic. I want you to feel the fear I feel every day. I wa…"

"I don't want your hope. I don't want you to be hopeful. I want you to panic. I want you to feel the fear I feel every day. And then I want you to act."

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

"Our lives are in your hands."

"We children are doing this to wake the adults up. We children are doing this for you to put your differences aside and start acting as you would in a crisis."