We children are doing this to wake the adults up. We children are doing this for you to put your differences aside and start acting as you would in a crisis. We children are doing this because we want our hopes and dreams back.
GRETA THUNBERGYou need to listen to us, us who cannot vote. You need to vote for us, for your children and grandchildren. What we are doing now can soon no longer be undone.
More Greta Thunberg Quotes
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The time has come to voice our fears and be honest with wider society.
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The eyes of future generations are upon you. No more excuses.
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We don’t want these things done by 2050, 2030 or even 2021, we want this done now – as in right now.
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We live in a strange world, where we think we can buy or build our way out of a crisis that has been created by buying and building things. Where a football game or a film gala gets more media attention than the biggest crisis humanity has ever faced.
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This climate law is surrender – because nature doesn’t bargain and you cannot make ”deals” with physics. And we will not allow you to surrender on our future.
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I wonder, what will you tell your children was the reason to fail and leave them facing the climate chaos you knowingly brought upon them?
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I think weakness, in a way, can be also needed because we don’t have to be the loudest, we don’t have to take up the most amount of space, and we don’t have to earn the most money… We need to care about each other more.
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We have not come here to beg world leaders to care. You have ignored us in the past and you will ignore us again. You’ve run out of excuses and we’re running out of time. We’ve come here to let you know that change is coming whether you like it or not.
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You need to listen to us, us who cannot vote. You need to vote for us, for your children and grandchildren. What we are doing now can soon no longer be undone.
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You say that you love your children above everything else. And yet you are stealing their future.
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The fight for a future doesn’t end here – this is just the beginning.
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And in a world where everyone strives to act, think and look the same – being different is truly something to be proud of. that’s why I’m very proud to be austistic.
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To protect, restore and rewild the living world is probably the most effective solution we have at hand to fight both the climate- and ecological emergencies.
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Well, I am telling you there is hope. I have seen it. But it does not come from governments or corporations. It comes from the people.
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My generation, and those coming after, are the future. We deserve to be fought for. We deserve climate justice, social justice and equity.
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