Audrey Hepburn Quotes

The message of our campaign is "Make every mother and child count". This campaign is not just about health. It is also a powerful call for radical progress in women's rights and the rights of their children. Too often, the health of mothers and children does not count. In too many parts of the world, they are forgotten.

I believe that UNICEF is the most important branch of the U.N.; they do exceptional work to help the neediest children around the world

We have an opportunity to focus global attention on what should be obvious: every mother, and every child, counts. They count because we value every human life. The evidence is clear that healthy mothers and children are the bedrock of healthy and prosperous communities and nations.

UNICEF is working for the survival of children worldwide. What can we do to get more Americans committed to the cause?

If we don't stand up for children, then we don't stand for much.

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

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

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

The cause of making the world a better place for children unites us all - today HIV/AIDS is the biggest threat to this one universal objective. UNICEF needs us all to help them change the world for children

As I began to get a deeper understanding of the vital life-saving work Save the Children does, I felt compelled to help in any way I could. This is about safe-keeping, inspiring and empowering a future generation - to facilitate them to make their own lives a little bit better.

All children have rights and those rights must be protected.

I am excited to work with NBC News to continue to highlight stories of organizations and individuals who make their communities and our world healthier, more just and more humane.

When it comes to children’s issues, children don’t vote.

I'm not interested in worrying in if I make people uncomfortable. I'm interested in stopping women and children dying - that's what I'm interested in.

We all need to be a part of the fight against injustice, insecurity and irresponsibility towards children and the world.

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

Is there anything more important than a child?

I started a foundation, called The Khaled Hosseini Foundation. The mission has been to help the most vulnerable groups in Afghanistan. So the focus has been on women, children, and homeless refugees, most of whom are in fact women and children.

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.

Sweeter even than to have had the joy of caring for children of my own has it been to me to help bring about a better state of things for mothers generally, so their unborn little ones could not be willed away from them.

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.

In the last analysis, human security means a child who did not die, a disease that did not spread, an ethnic tension that did not explode, a dissident who was not silenced, a human spirit that was not crushed.

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

There is no greater cause than making the world fit for children. I feel very strongly about carrying on the family tradition by working with UNICEF to help improve the lives and well-being of children everywhere.