Kailash Satyarthi

The single aim of my life is that every child is: free to be a child, free to grow and develop, free…

— Kailash Satyarthi

I dream for a world which is free of child labour, a world in which every child goes to school. A world…

— Kailash Satyarthi

Today, I see thousands of Mahatma Gandhis, Martin Luther Kings, and Nelson Mandelas marching forward and calling on us. The boys and…

— Kailash Satyarthi

First of all, everyone must acknowledge and feel that child slavery still exists in the world, in its ugliest face and form.…

— Kailash Satyarthi

We adults, our policies, our ways of governance, are responsible for poverty, not the children.

— Kailash Satyarthi

I think of it all as a test. This is a moral examination that one has to pass... to stand up against…

— Kailash Satyarthi

Let us unite the world through the compassion for our children.

— Kailash Satyarthi

We talk of globalization, and how much money is needed for the education of children in the world, their liberation and rehabilitation…

— Kailash Satyarthi

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

— Kailash Satyarthi

Equity is compromised due to the privatisation of education. Education has become a commodity. Those who can afford to buy it, buy…

— Kailash Satyarthi

Child labor perpetuates poverty, unemployment, illiteracy, population growth and other social problems.

— Kailash Satyarthi

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

— Kailash Satyarthi

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

— Kailash Satyarthi

India has hundreds of problems and millions of solutions.

— Kailash Satyarthi

Every single minute matters, every single child matters, every single childhood matters.

— Kailash Satyarthi

India may be a land of over a 100 problems, but it is also a place for a billion solutions.

— Kailash Satyarthi

There is no greater violence than to deny the dreams of our children.

— Kailash Satyarthi

Economic growth and human development need to go hand in hand. Human values need to be advocated vigorously.

— Kailash Satyarthi

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

— Kailash Satyarthi

There is a triangular relationship between poverty, child labour and illiteracy who have a cause and consequence relationship. We will have to…

— Kailash Satyarthi

I am really honoured but if the prize had gone to Mahatma Gandhi before me I would have been more honoured

— Kailash Satyarthi

I am positive that I would see the end of child labour around the world in my lifetime, as the poorest of…

— Kailash Satyarthi

My philosophy is that I am a friend of the children. I don't think anyone should see them as pitiable subjects or…

— Kailash Satyarthi

A lot of work still remains but I will see the end of child labor in my lifetime.

— Kailash Satyarthi

I have been very strongly advocating that poverty must not be used as an excuse to continue child labour. It perpetuates poverty.…

— Kailash Satyarthi