At places like Davos, people like to tell success stories. But their financial success has come with an unthinkable price tag. And on climate change, we have to acknowledge we have failed. Greta Thunburg Read Quote
I remember when I was younger, and in school, our teachers showed us films of plastic in the ocean, starving polar bears and so on. I cried through all the movies. My classmates were concerned when they watched the film, but when it stopped, they started thinking about other things. I couldn’t do that. Those pictures were stuck in my head. Greta Thunburg Read Quote
Even if the politics needed doesn’t exist today, we still need to use our voices to make sure that the people in power are focused on the right things. Because this is a democracy, and in a democracy, people are the ones who run the country. Greta Thunburg Read Quote
It’s empowering to know I am doing something, I am taking a stand, I am disrupting. Greta Thunburg Read Quote
I feel strange when I get applauded by people in power… because it’s obvious that it’s them I’m criticizing, but they can’t show that in front of the cameras. It’s quite funny sometimes. Greta Thunburg Read Quote
I don’t think I would be interested in the climate at all if I had been like everyone else. Greta Thunburg Read Quote
I don’t care about age. Nor do I care about those who do not accept the science. I don’t have as much experience, and therefore I listen more. But I also have the right to express my opinion, no matter my age. Greta Thunburg Read Quote
People tell me that they are so hopeful when they see me and other children ‘school-striking,’ and they say, ‘Oh the children are going to save us.’ But no, we aren’t. We are too young to be able to do that. We don’t have time to wait for us to grow up and fix this in the future. Greta Thunburg Read Quote
