In a disparate world, children are a unifying force capable of bringing us all together in support of a common ethic.

- Graca Machel

The impact of armed conflict on children is everyone's responsibility. And it must be everyone's concern.

- Graca Machel

Preventing the conflicts of tomorrow means changing the mind-set of youth today.

- Graca Machel

We should be respectful but we must also have the courage to stop harmful practices that impoverish girls, women and their communities.

- Graca Machel

It is the meaning of what my life has been since a youth - to try to fight for the dignity and the freedom of my own people.

- Graca Machel