There is no greater weapon than knowledge and no greater source of knowledge than the written word.
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Malala YousafzaiSpeech at the opening of the Library of Birmingham (2013)
About Malala Yousafzai
Pakistani education activist and youngest-ever Nobel Peace Prize laureate. (b. 1997)
More from Malala Yousafzai
- One child, one teacher, one book, one pen can change the world.Speech to the United Nations Youth Assembly (2013)
- We realise the importance of light when we see darkness. We realise the importance of our voice when we are silenced.Speech to the United Nations Youth Assembly (2013)
- Education is one of the blessings of life, and one of its necessities.Nobel Peace Prize lecture (2014)
- The content of a book holds the power of education and it is with this power that we can shape our future and change lives.Speech at the opening of the Library of Birmingham (2013)
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- The way for a young man to rise, is to improve himself every way he can, never suspecting that any body wishes to hinder him.Abraham Lincoln
- We are not afraid to follow truth wherever it may lead, nor to tolerate any error so long as reason is left free to combat it.Thomas Jefferson
- But though an old man, I am but a young gardener.Thomas Jefferson
- Enlighten the people generally, and tyranny and oppressions of body and mind will vanish like evil spirits at the dawn of day.Thomas Jefferson
- The only man who makes no mistakes is the man who never does anything.Theodore Roosevelt
- Life was meant to be lived, and curiosity must be kept alive. One must never, for whatever reason, turn his back on life.Eleanor Roosevelt
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