Quotes About Advocacy

The least I can do is show Medgar I still care. And Martin.

Why should women not be a martyr for her cause?

I can't serve just the Negro cause. I've got to serve all the people of Massachusetts.

We have to have something that reaches the masses. That's what I've always known Me Too could do.

I set out to create a means whereby music could be a way of vindicating the rights of the masses.

It just felt wrong that the kids I was teaching didn't have the same access to materials that I did when I was a student.

I was the first mayor to even go meet with the LGBT community.

If you're mayor, it's your duty to support all the groups within the city.

I want to support other women because of the opportunities I've had - and I've had a lot of opportunities. What I try as a female director is to do the best job I can and, in the meantime, bring attention to as many other female directors and writers as I can.

I've learned so much about what you can do to help animals, the environmental issues around meat production.

My goal is just to continue to find mediums to tell stories that I think need to be told.

So we must stand together to resist, for we will get what we can take - just that and no more.

I don't consider myself part of the Resistance because that's against something, and you have to be for something.

We want to see a world where black lives matter in order for us to get to a world where all of our humanity is respected.

Black Lives Matter was created as a response to state violence and anti-black racism and a call to action for those who want to fight it and build a world where black lives do, in fact, matter.

Together, we must all remember that one of the most effective responses to hate speech is more speech.

I think it's very important to use your voice and use your voice responsibly. But, having said that, I think you should have all the knowledge before you do that.

It took me almost wanting to retire to realize that you need to ask for what you need. Everybody needs something different, but whatever it is you need, you need to ask for it and figure out how to get it.

Virginians deserve someone in Richmond who will always have their back.

Get rid of Betsy DeVos.

We're very lucky. We've been blessed with a platform, and what you can do with that platform, you can do a million things with it. I guess I just take pride in using the platform the right way.

The world need strong leadership for women's rights.

I've become an animal rights activist.

I think Bianca Del Rio should be in politics.