"The climate crisis is not just about the environment. It is a crisis of human rights, of justice, and of willpower. Political systems have failed. But human beings have not."

"We are telling you to act as if you loved your children above all else."

"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."

"We are striking because we have done our homework and they have not."

"You say you love your children above all else, and yet you are stealing their future in front of their very eyes."