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Emma González Quotes

Total quotes: 6
“If you actively do nothing, people continually end up dead, so it's time to start doing something.”
— Emma González, Florida student Emma Gonzalez to lawmakers and gun advocates: 'We call BS'
Tagged: Call To Action, Gun Violence
“Any way you cut it, one of the biggest threats to life as a teen in the U.S. today is being shot.”
— Emma González, Dear Lawmakers, You’re Killing Us
Tagged: school shootings, Generation Z, Guns in America
“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, 6 Minutes and 20 Seconds That Could Change the World
Tagged: NRA, National Rifle Association, Activism, Gun Control
“The people in the government who were voted into power are lying to us. And us kids seem to be the only ones who notice and our parents to call BS.”
— Emma González, Florida student Emma Gonzalez to lawmakers and gun advocates: 'We call BS'
Tagged: Politicians Lie, Children vs. Adults, Establishment Norms, Don't Trust Anyone Over 21
“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, Dear Lawmakers, You’re Killing Us
Tagged: Gun Control, school shootings, Politicians
“We can't build our world out of Kevlar.”
— Emma González
Tagged: Gun Control, Gun Reform, Quote of the Moment, Guns, Gun Safety, Mass Shootings, Parkland Shooting
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