Listen, Peaches, trickery is what humans are all about,” said the voice of Maurice. “They’re so keen on tricking one another all the time that they elect governments to do it for them.

The Amazing Maurice and his Educated Rodents by Terry Pratchett

I used to comfort myself with the belief that it was only certain individuals and their peculiar notions that spoilt things for the rest of us. But how many individuals does it take before it’s not the individuals who are prejudiced but society itself?

Noughts and Crosses by Malorie Blackman.

So instead of acknowledging the applause, I stand there unmoving while they take part in the boldest form of dissent they can manage. Silence. Which says we do not agree. We do not condone. All of this is wrong.

The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins

We believe in ordinary acts of bravery, in the courage that drives one person to stand up for another.

Divergent by Veronica Roth

It is a curious thing, Harry, but perhaps those who are best suited to power are those who have never sought it.

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by JK Rowling

You may write me down in history

With your bitter, twisted lies,

You may trod me in the very dirt

But still, like dust, I’ll rise.”

Still I Rise by Maya Angelou

Everyone thinks of changing the world, but nobody thinks of changing himself.”

War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy

All animals are equal, but some are more equal than others.”

Animal Farm by George Orwell

When the whole world is silent, even one voice becomes powerful.”

I Am Malala by Malala Yousafzai

No power on earth can govern a human being, however feeble, who withholds his or her consent.”

Emmeline Pankhurst

Owen Jones’s The Establishment is our Teen Book Club read right up until Christmas. Find out what else is happening here.