Child Labour Quotes

13 quotes by 9 authors

It's estimated that there may be two hundred and fifty million children in the world engaged in some form of exploitative child labour. — Carol Bellamy
...180 million kids are engaged in the worst forms of child labour. Put it all together and it is not only morally unacceptable, but politically… — Juan Somavia
Child labour is an issue of grave importance. It must become a top priority for all governments of the world. How can the world move… — Craig Kielburger
What made women's labour particularly attractive to the capitalists was not only its lower price but also the greater submissiveness of women. The capitalists speculate… — Clara Zetkin
Nearly one billion women and men, a third of the world's workforce, are either unemployed or unable to earn enough to keep themselves out of… — Juan Somavia
In the 19th century, a lot of people were against outlawing child labour, because to do so would be against the very foundations of a… — Brian Eno
Ants are so much like human beings as to be an embarrassment. They farm fungi, raise aphids as livestock, launch armies into war, use chemical… — Lewis Thomas
India does not encourage - India has forbidden - child labour. We are a rule-based and rule-governed country. — Anand Sharma
Child labour may be distasteful to westerners, but does boycotting goods made with child labour improve or exacerbate the lot of third world children? Trusting… — Noreena Hertz
There is a triangular relationship between poverty, child labour and illiteracy who have a cause and consequence relationship. We will have to break this vicious… — 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… — Kailash Satyarthi
I am positive that I would see the end of child labour around the world in my lifetime, as the poorest of the poor have… — Kailash Satyarthi
I dream for a world which is free of child labour, a world in which every child goes to school. A world in which every… — Kailash Satyarthi

Who Wrote These Child Labour Quotes

9 authors contributed a total of 13 Child Labour Quotes as follows: