"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 into the twenty-first century with children still being exploited for their labour and denied their basic right to an education?"

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Source : Craig Kielburger (2010). “Free The Children”, p.57, Greystone Books

Craig Kielburger

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“The ruling classes today nourish the conviction that national hatreds and rivalries are inevitable.”
“It's trite to say that the world has gotten smaller in the age of globalization, but my travels have told me that it's wrong to think this means there is some kind of uniform world culture.”
“The narrative of so many fairy tales are timeless in so many different cultures, and they have been since the dawn of man. They represent escapism, but they all feature themes that have such poignancy in a modern world.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“It is a silly question to ask a prostitute why she does it ... These are the highest-paid 'professional' women in America.”
“If we stand for change, we can spark a popular movement with power, influence, magic and genius.”

Source : Van Jones (2008). “The Green Collar Economy: How One Solution Can Fix Our Two Biggest Problems”, HarperOne
“I did make some money, the first money that I ever made, doing this last one, and it's an extraordinary feeling just being given the freedom to do something.”

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“If I have to, I'll go and direct theater and talk till the cows come home.”
“The health establishment is a blood brotherhood known by the company it keeps, and these moguls need no oath or ritual as they work hand in glove with and for each other - if medicine benefits in the process, all to the good.”

Source : Edgar Berman (1976). “The solid gold stethoscope”

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