Learning from the experiences of our ancestors, let us together create knowledge for all that benefits all.

- Kailash Satyarthi

I never go to temples, but when I see a child, I see God in them.

- Kailash Satyarthi

For me, peace is a fundamental human right of every child; it is inevitable and divine.

- Kailash Satyarthi

I am representing here - the sound of silence. The cry of innocence. And, the face of invisibility. I represent millions of those children who are left behind, and that's why I have kept an empty chair here as a reminder.

- Kailash Satyarthi

Elimination of child labour and access to education are like two sides of one coin. One cannot be achieved without the other.

- Kailash Satyarthi

As the anti-slavery community, we must together ensure that this attention is transferred into concrete action and results.

- Kailash Satyarthi

The fight against child slavery is the fight against traditional mindset, policy deficit, and lack of accountability and urgency for children across the globe.

- Kailash Satyarthi

I am thankful to the Nobel committee for recognising the plight of millions of children who are suffering in this modern age.

- Kailash Satyarthi

If you keep on buying things made by child slaves in such conditions, you are equally responsible for the perpetration of slavery.

- Kailash Satyarthi

I have come here only to share the voices and dreams of our children - because they are all our children.

- Kailash Satyarthi

I refuse to accept that the shackles of slavery can ever be stronger than the quest for freedom.

- Kailash Satyarthi

I have been very strongly advocating that poverty must not be used as an excuse to continue child labour. It perpetuates poverty. If children are deprived of education, they remain poor.

- Kailash Satyarthi

The biggest challenge or biggest crisis knocking on the doors of humankind is fear and intolerance.

- Kailash Satyarthi

We still have a soft approach on the perpetrators of crimes like worst forms of child labour.

- Kailash Satyarthi

At about an age when most children start full time schooling, hundreds of thousands of their contemporaries start a lifetime of drudgery in factories and fields, working 12-16 hours daily.

- Kailash Satyarthi

More than 30 years ago, when I had embarked upon the fight against child labour, it was not even considered an issue worth any discussion. It was accepted as a way of life in India, much like it was in other countries. Today, no country or business or society can throw this issue away.

- Kailash Satyarthi

The first 'D' is to dream: dream big - not for yourself, but for the country and for the world. The second 'D' is to discover: discover your full potential and the opportunities that surround you; and the third 'D' is to do. 'Do' means to act on your dreams and make best use of the opportunities you have discovered.

- Kailash Satyarthi

The power of youth is the common wealth for the entire world. The faces of young people are the faces of our past, our present and our future. No segment in the society can match with the power, idealism, enthusiasm and courage of the young people.

- Kailash Satyarthi

Today, in every wave of every ocean, I see our children playing and dancing. Today, in every plant, tree, and mountain, I see our children growing in freedom.

- Kailash Satyarthi

We as the governments, workers, employers and civil society must declare a war on child labour. This war cannot be won without strong, committed, coherent, and well-resourced worldwide movement. Equally needed is a genuine and active coordination between intergovernmental agencies at the highest level.

- Kailash Satyarthi