Malala Yousafzai — "So let us wage a global struggle against illiteracy, poverty, and terrorism."

"Let us pick up our books and our pens. They are our most powerful weapons."

"I think of it often and imagine the scene clearly. Even if they come to kill me, I will tell them what they are trying to do is wrong, that education is our basic right."

"My father always says, 'Malala will be free as a bird.'"

"I would tell him that shoot me but first listen to me. And I would tell him that education is my right and education is the right of your daughter and son as well. And I'm speaking up for them. I'm sp…"

"I want to make sure that every girl has the chance to go to school."