Malala Yousafzai Tells Obama to Do Diplomacy with Books, Not Guns

By Madeleine Davies | October 22, 2014 | 10:15pm

In a talk with Ronan Farrow, living inspiration and recent Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai discussed the many encounters she’s had with world leaders, including President Barack Obama. “It’s very important to reach those people and [tell] them that it is their responsibility to contribute to education and consider it important and make it their top priority.”

Yousafzai continued, “When I was meeting President Obama, I shared two or three things with him. Number one was that the money that is spent on weapons and on guns and on wars — if that money was spent on education, it could really change the world. The best way to fight agains terrorism is to invest in education…My message was very simple. I said instead of sending guns, send books. Instead of sending weapons, send teachers.”