Nana Mouskouri Quotes

I spent most of my adult life as someone's mother and the rest of my life trying to make sure that children are safe. So this to me is - we wrote Hell Is For Children in 1979.

A nation that does not stand for its children does not stand for anything and will not stand tall in the future.

We cannot have profits at the expense of our children.

Every child matters. If we fail our children, we are bound to fail our present, our future, faith, cultures, and civilisations as well.

I care a lot about animal welfare and children. Although I don't have children myself.

Hillary Clinton worked with Marian Wright Edelman in Children's Defense Fund. That's all you need to do know.

Children are our future and if we use them in battle, we are destroying the future. We must reclaim them, every one of them, one at a time.

Is there anything more important than a child?

The charities closest to my heart have always involved helping children in some way.

Children should not be used as pawns in a political fight.

I get very concerned when we start hearing people who want to convert this country into a safe place for children. I am adult. I want available what I need to see.

Nothing is more important to our shared future than the well-being of children. For children are at our core - not only as vulnerable beings in need of love and care but as a moral touchstone amidst the complexity and contentiousness of modern life.

Whenever I hear anything described as a heartless assault on our children, I tend to think it’s a good idea.

The Art of Elysium is a program I've volunteered with for close to ten years, and I work with Unicef and Young Storytellers. My passion is really working with children since they are the future.

When one loves animals and children too much, one loves them against human beings.

I have a voice. It's one of my gifts. I intend to use it on behalf of the children that UNICEF seeks to aid.

A child, like all other human beings, has inalienable rights.

The social rights of children must be recognized so that a world suited to their needs may be constructed for them. The greatest crime that society commits is that of wasting the money which it should use for children on things that will destroy them and society itself as well.

We owe our children – the most vulnerable citizens in any society – a life free from violence and fear.

Each and every child in this country is valuable because they are our future as a society. We cannot afford to lose a single child to ill-health, under-education, abuse, addiction, jail, or gun violence. America's highest goal should be for every child to grow up to be a successful young adult -- healthy, educated, free, secure, and a good citizen.

I won't give up until the exploitation of all children has ended and all children have their rights.

I have always admired organizations that help children grow and learn, and organizations that protect and shelter children when no one else does. And I wanted to draw attention to these organizations and recognize the contributions they were making to the country and to our children in particular.

[On her UNICEF work:] I'm glad I've got a name, because I'm using it for what it's worth. ... I do not want to see mothers and fathers digging graves for their children.

The greatest respect is owed to a child.

I am not here to speak against the Taliban. I'm here to speak up for the right of every child.