‘We want a world fit for children, because a world fit for us is a world fit for everyone’
Children’s Forum at the UN Special Session 2002
http://www.unicef.org/specialsession/documentation/childrens-statement.htm
“There can be no keener revelation of a society’s soul than the way in which it treats its children.”
— Nelson Mandela, Former President of South Africa
‘We are not the sources of problems; we are the resources that are needed to solve them. We are not expenses; we are investments.We are not just young people; we are people and citizens of this world. You call us the future, but we are also the present.’<em>
– UNICEF
“Children are one third of our population and all of our future.”
— Select Panel for the Promotion of Child Health, 1981
“Children are our most valuable resource.”
— Herbert Hoover, 31st President of the United States
“It is easier to build strong children than to repair broken men.”
— Frederick Douglass, abolitionist and statesman
“A person’s a person, no matter how small.”
— Dr. Seuss
“Children are not the people of tomorrow, but people today. They are entitled to be taken seriously’ They have a right to be treated by adults with tenderness and respect, as equals. They should be allowed to grow into whoever they were meant to be – the unknown person inside each of them is the hope for the future.”
– Also Korczak