Malala Yousafzai

And boys and men should also know about equality and justice, and know that women have equal rights, and should be treated equally.

Now we have social media, and it should be used for this good purpose… speaking up for equality, for justice, for equal rights.

So let us wage a global struggle against illiteracy, poverty, and terrorism.

Life isn't just about taking in oxygen and giving out carbon dioxide. You can stay there accepting everything from the Taliban, or you can make a stand against them.

No struggle can ever succeed without women participating side by side with men.

With guns you can kill terrorists, with education you can kill terrorism.

We realized the importance of pens and books when we saw the guns. The extremists are afraid of books and pens. The power of education frightens them.

We liked to be known as the clever girls. When we decorated our hands with henna for holidays and weddings, we drew calculus and chemical formulae instead of flowers and butterflies.

Why is it that countries which we call 'strong' are so powerful in creating wars but are so weak in bringing peace? Why is it that giving guns is so easy but giving books is so hard? Why is it, why is it that making tanks is so easy, but building schools is so hard?

I used to think that the Taliban would come and they would just kill me. But then I said, 'If they come, what will you do, Malala?' Then I would reply to myself, 'Malala, just take a shoe and hit them.' But then I said, 'If you hit a Taliban with a shoe, then what is the difference between you and the Taliban?' You must not treat others with cruelty and that much harshly. You must fight others through peace and through dialogue and through education.

I don't want to be remembered as the girl who was shot. I want to be remembered as the girl who stood up for her rights.

I am Malala. My world has changed but I have not.

I truly believe the only way we can create global peace is through not only educating our minds, but our hearts and our souls.

My father always says, 'Malala will be free as a bird.'

I am not a lone voice, I am many.

I want to make sure that every girl has the chance to go to school.

Girls should be treated equally and have the same rights as boys.

I don't think there's any difference between a boy and a girl. We are all humans.

With hope, we can achieve anything.

I believe in the power of education to change the world.