“The Stoneman Douglas students have already started to have a real impact on society and the culture around guns.”— Nicole Gallucci, mashable.com
“We’re going against the largest gun lobby. We could very well die trying to do this. But we could very well die not trying to do this, too. So why not die for something rather than nothing?”— Emma González, thenation.com
“After all of this pain and all of this death caused by gun violence, it seems as if the kids are the only ones who still have the energy to make change.”— Emma González, teenvogue.com
“Everybody needs to understand how we feel and what we went through, because if they don’t, they’re not going to be able to understand why we’re fighting for what we’re fighting for.”— Emma González, nytimes.com
“We have grown up in this country and watched violence unfold to no resolution. We have watched people with the power and authority to make changes fail to do so.”— Emma González, teenvogue.com
“We certainly do not understand why it should be harder to make plans with friends on weekends than to buy an automatic or semi-automatic weapon.”— Emma González, cnn.com
“The implication that Cruz’s mental health issues could have been solved if only he had been loved more by his fellow students is both a gross misunderstanding of how these diseases work and a dangerous suggestion that puts children on the front line.”— Isabelle Robinson, nytimes.com
“Today is the beginning of spring, and tomorrow is the beginning of democracy. Now is the time to come together, not as Democrats, not as Republicans, but as Americans. Americans of the same flesh and blood that care about one thing, and one thing only, and that's the future of this country and the c…”— David Hogg, teenvogue.com
“Power is like money: imaginary, entirely dependent upon belief. Most of the power of institutions lies in the faith people have in them. And cynicism is also a kind of faith: the faith that nothing can change, that those institutions are corrupt beyond all accountability, immune to intimidation or a…”— Tim Kreider, mobile.nytimes.com
“One of my students once asked me, when I was teaching the writing of political op-ed essays, why adults should listen to anything young people had to say about the world. My answer: because they’re afraid of you. They don’t understand you. And they know you’re going to replace them.”— Tim Kreider, mobile.nytimes.com
“As with all historic tipping points, it seems inevitable in retrospect: Of course it was the young people, the actual victims of the slaughter, who have finally begun to turn the tide against guns in this country. Kids don’t have money and can’t vote, and until now burying a few dozen a year has app…”— Tim Kreider, mobile.nytimes.com
“Many of you in media understand why too easy access to guns is big part of the problem. Too easy access to mass media infamy following mass murder/suicide is also part of the problem. Research is more than clear at this point. Please do your part. Report responsibly, to inform. Responsible reporting…”— Zeynep Tufekci, twitter.com
“We got the gun problems. This gun shit ain’t going nowhere, ok? It’s like, 'Gun control.' There ain’t never gonna be no gun control, OK? You talk about it too long and you will get shot. They will shoot yo ass, ok? That’s right. They never, ever changing the gun laws. Because Americans need the righ…”— Chris Rock, scrapsfromtheloft.com
“Your guns are not 'protecting your families.' They’re killing your children.”— Jennifer Wright, twitter.com
“So as American citizens, unite, and stand up in the face of division — not any political agenda, but for the lives of millions of schoolchildren.”— David Hogg, cbsnews.com
“Don't lie to us. Don't make any more false promises, because when you do, children die.”— David Hogg, cbsnews.com
“We need to stand up, go out and vote, talk to our legislators, and get educated. Be persistent. Because these interest groups and these politicians will not listen if we don't speak up.”— David Hogg, cbsnews.com
“There had been a number of incidents prior to creating this song that had moved him—I think the was really troubled by this trend of people going and shooting kids. He was very much aware of making a statement about gun control and the importance of that in his own style.”— Indrani Pal-Chaudhuri, amazon.com