Robert Kennedy Quotes

Give young people a greater voice. They are the future and they are much wiser than we give them credit for.

Since I became Secretary-General, five years ago, I have seen youth participate at the United Nations as never before.

I just think it's crazy that we don't think that the youth are valid. They're the ones who really know what's going on.

Most organizations see young people as problems to be solved. We see young people as problem-solvers.

We should entrust our young people with a voice to express their views on what their futures should look like.

Let us acknowledge and celebrate what youth can do to build a safer, more just world. Let us strengthen our efforts to include young people in policies, programmes and decision-making processes that benefit their futures and ours.

Young people are this country [America], and we need to speak out.

Young people are going to go to someone, somewhere. And we had better see that that 'someone' is us.

Teenagers have a legitimate voice. We deserve to have a seat at the table and a place in the conversation. We're not exempt from politics and social movements; we're affected by them.

It is important how we view the youth of our nation. To simply consider them as new age voters will be a big mistake. They are the new age power.

Politicians, they give the visible aspect of the change, but the change, the root, the anchor are in young people.

Youth is the ultimate limited resource.

I don't know about the world, but I know kids. And I feel like sometimes kids don't get involved because they think, what can I do? I'm just a kid. And really kids can do so much.

We have to let young people know that we care about them and their future. I want to involve them to a level where they become the leaders and the advocates because, right now, a lot of these young people don't believe they have an advocate.

Our Party attaches great importance to the work with young people and firmly believes in them.

It's always been young people at the forefront of any revolution.

We need young people to be involved, and we have to expect that young people are going to be impatient, they don't want to wait, and they've got new ideas and new ways of looking at problems.

Our nation is filled with tremendous energy of the youth. Whatever future we desire of, we must keep the youth at the centre. If we do this, we can surge ahead at an unmatchable pace!

Young people should be at the forefront of global change and innovation. Empowered, they can be key agents for development and peace.

I see the energy of young people as a real force for positive change.

The United Nations has long recognised that the imagination, ideals and energies of young men and women are vital for the continuing development of the societies in which they live. And since its inception in 1948, AIESEC has contributed to this development by serving as an agent of positive change trough education and cultural exchange.

The more youth begin to recognize that they have a voice, the more change is possible.

Teens affect history. They affect lives; they affect our cultural growth and change, and yet, and at the same time, they are often the most vulnerable among us.

I am the president of the youth of France.

I never want to sound preachy about youth and feminism, but I feel like there aren't enough young people coming out about their concerns and opinions.