"I want to be remembered as someone who tried to make a difference."

"Our environment is being sacrificed for the opportunity for a very small number of people to continue making enormous amounts of money."

"We are the change, and change is coming whether you like it or not."

"Some people say that I should be in school instead. Some people say that I should study to become a climate scientist so that I can 'solve the climate crisis.' But the climate crisis has already been …"

"My message is that we'll be watching you. This is all wrong. I shouldn't be up here. I should be back in school on the other side of the ocean. Yet you all come to us young people for hope. How dare y…"