Child Soldier Quotes

• Compelled to become instruments of war, to kill and be killed, child soldiers are forced to give violent expression to the hatreds of adults

  Olara Otunnu

  Children, Hate, War

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• The saddest sight these days is the image of hundreds of thousands of children kidnapped and lured into being child soldiers from the age of eight.

  Roger Moore

  Children, Eight, Sight

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• It may seem unimaginable to you that child soldiers exist and yet the reality for many rebel and gang leaders, and even state governments, is that there is no more complete end-to-end weapon system in the inventory of war machines than the child soldierMan has created the ultimate cheap, expendable, yet sophisticated human weapon at the expense of humanity's own future: its children.

  Roméo Dallaire

  Children, War, Reality

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• Any child soldier has to go through a lot of love, care and understanding to become normal.

  Emmanuel Jal

  Children, Understanding, Soldier

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• A soldier will fight long and hard for a bit of colored ribbon.

  Napoleon Bonaparte

  Military, War, Fighting

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• A lot of child soldiers lose their minds.

  Emmanuel Jal

  Children, Soldier, Mind

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• We live in an idiotic capitalist self-indulgent society where the sex life of a pop star is more important than impending starvation, land mines and child soldiers in Africa, or more interesting than the world's biggest man-made natural disaster in oil fields of the Middle East.

  Peter Menzel

  Sex, Stars, Children

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• Over 20 million children of conflict are out of school. Education is often forgotten.

  Angelina Jolie

  Children, School, Conflict

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• Universal ratification of the Optional Protocol on the Involvement of Children in Armed Conflict will establish an international moral consensus that no child should take part in hostilities or be involuntarily recruited and that former child soldiers should be assisted by their governments after a life of violence and distress.

  Ban Ki-moon

  Children, Government, Soldier

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• It's somewhat disquieting that the same parents and educators who are horrified by the notion of child soldiers have bestowed upon 'The Hunger Games' a double mantle of critical praise and global bestsellerdom.

  Kenneth Oppel

  Children, Games, Parent

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• I’m trying to learn more about international law to understand why we don’t have better solutions for conflict - for dictators or aggressors that are hurting or raping children or using them as child soldiers. Why can’t we have an international community handle these things in a swift, efficient manner?

  Angelina Jolie

  Hurt, Children, Law

  "Angelina Jolie Interview: Mama!". Interview with Sara Davidson, www.rd.com.

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• For a man to be a man, did he have to be a soldier, or at least prepare himself for war? For a woman to be a woman, did she have to be a mother, or at least prepare herself to raise children? Soldiers and mothers were the sacrificial couple, honored by statues in the park, lauded for their willingness to give their lives to others.

  Carol Gilligan

  Mother, Children, Couple

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• It's a Vietnamese soup that answers the question, 'What happens when a former child soldier pours hot rain water over fish nightmares.' It's delicious and I can't stop eating it, that's what happens.

  Kyle Kinane

  Children, Rain, Water

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