Pearl S. Buck Quotes

A child deserves the maximum respect.

Children are human beings to whom respect is due, superior to us by reason of their innocence and of the greater possibilities of their future.

All children should be loved, protected, nurtured --emotionally and intellectually-- respected, and never, under any circumstances, underestimated.

In fact, a child is not even considered a human being.

Every child’s life is sacred and it is long past time that we protect it.

I do most of my work with kids. They are the very foundation of our future. We are so incredibly disrespectful to them in America in every way because they can't vote.

Children have the right to express themselves freely.

Kids are important.

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.

Children are potentially free and their life directly embodies nothing save potential freedom. Consequently they are not things and cannot be the property either of their parents or others.

As far as rearing children goes, the basic idea I try to keep in mind is that a child is a person. Just because they happen to be a little shorter than you doesn't mean they are dumber than you.

Let all children come unto me.

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.

There are a lot of children in Afghanistan, but little childhood.

Millions of children are disempowered and we need to empower them.

No social problem is as universal as the oppression of the child ... No slave was ever so much the property of his master as the child is of his parent ... Never were the rights of man ever so disregarded as in the case of the child.

The greatest respect is owed to a child.

There are children born to be children, and others who must mark time till they can take their natural places as adults.

A century that began with children having virtually no rights is ending with children having the most powerful legal instrument that not only recognizes but protects their human rights.

I'm into anything that really helps children.

Respect children because they're human beings and they deserve respect, and they'll grow up to be better people.

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

My meaning is, that no man can expect his children to respect what he degrades.