We realise the importance of our voice when we are silenced.
In plain words
You notice how much your voice matters when someone takes it away.
Where these words come from
- 85% sureThese words were traced back to where they first appeared. That source is listed below.
- UN Youth Assembly speech ('Malala Day'), New York, July 12, 2013 — Wikiquote Sourced section, named occasion.
- UN Youth Assembly speech
- 2013 · United Nations, New York · address on the right to education, delivered on her 16th birthday
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