Malala Yousafzai Quotes

The connection between women's human rights, gender equality, socioeconomic development and peace is increasingly apparent.

The United States has the burden to lead for peace. And not just peace - we need peace with justice, a much harder goal.

To protect women in times of war, we must first make sure women receive equal rights in times of peace.

If on one day we find the fast-spreading recognition of popular rights accompanied by a silent, growing perception of the rights of women, we also find it accompanied by a tendency towards a system of non-coercive education--that is, towards a practical illustration of the rights of children.

Working together, we can build a world in which the rule of law - not the rule of force - governs relations between states. A world in which leaders respect the rights of their people, and nations seek peace, not destruction or domination. And neither we nor anyone else should live in fear ever again.

I care deeply about women's rights. I have been an outspoken advocate for them for many years and as secretary of state I carried that message around the world because empowering women, providing for women's rights, their full participation in society, politics, the economy is not only a matter of individuals being able to chart their own futures. It's good for democracy and it's good for peace and prosperity.

Women's rights must not be the sacrifice by which peace is achieved.

What is being called the UN 'gender architecture' is more like a shack. Women need a bigger global house if equality is ever to become a reality.

The battle for the individual rights of women is one of long standing and none of us should countenance anything which undermines it.

I'm not an expert on the Middle East or terrorism or the use of military force or politics. It's all I can do to know a little bit about how to help people raise their kids and what to do when they get sick. When a war happens, I just hope it gets over with quickly so that how we take care of children becomes more important again.

I've used the prestige and influence of having been a president of the United States as effectively as possible. And secondly, I've still been able to carry out my commitments to peace and human rights and environmental quality and freedom and democracy and so forth.

I have a lot of interests in global issues, as you know, humanity, inequity, arms control, and I continue to be active on all these issues.

If women ran the world we wouldn't have wars, just intense negotiations every 28 days.

We are equal in war but not in peace.

Canada knows that for a society to be prosperous and more just and more peaceful, women and girls must be educated.

Democracies don't go to war against each other, and by and large they don't sponsor terrorism. They're more likely to respect the environment and human rights and social justice. It's no accident that most of the terrorists come from non-democratic countries.

We are going to fight to pass the long over-due Equal Rights Amendment.

Peace, if possible, but justice at any rate.

Freedom from discrimination for women, ensuring that female children can learn to read, these are human needs for half the human race, not western values.

I wish we weren't fighting all the time to protect women's rights, to protect women's health.

You know, I hear all these things about women's rights.

The current generation of world leaders -- our generation -- is also being called to face significant challenges concerning peace, collective security and the environment. We have been unable to solve old disputes and to prevent new threats. The use of force is incapable of eliminating the underlying causes of conflict.

Just as women's rights are human rights, women's progress is human progress.

The cause of Freedom and the cause of Peace are bound together.

All men should be feminists. If men cared about women's rights, the world would be a better place