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

"We are in the beginning of a mass extinction, and all you can talk about is money and fairy tales of eternal economic growth. How dare you!"

"We are facing an unprecedented crisis, and our leaders are acting like children."

"At first when I heard about climate change, I was a climate denier. I didn't think it was happening. Because if there really was an existential crisis like that, that would threaten our civilisation, …"

"This is not a drill. This is happening."

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