Quotes About Advocacy

I have an AIDS ribbon tattooed on my arm.

My mom always taught me to stand up for what I believe in.

Me and my dad are the biggest promoters of an estate tax in the US. It's not a popular position.

Now on a personal level with things like the California Tax Commission... I really think if people started banding together and saying no to this it could snowball and that could really help.

I have fought so heavily against corporate tax breaks, especially because I've seen our schools in Detroit close down.

What I agree with is that we need a significantly changed taxation system. And the one that I've advocated is based on tithing, because I think God is a pretty fair guy. And he said, you know, if you give me a tithe, it doesn't matter how much you make.

I like to tell small business owners and entrepreneurs, 'I get it. I have your back on this. I understand about regulation. I understand how taxes are taxing. I understand what it is like not to be able to borrow money when you need it.'

The taxpayer group in every state is always - always referred to as nuts.

The American taxpayers are a powerful force. They don't want their taxes raised.

All of my political career, I've fought for the taxpayers.

I feel like I've built big enough platform and still building my platform for us to get justice for Breonna Taylor.

Honoring George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Michael Brown Jr., and too many other Black people taken from our communities by state violence is at the heart of why we legislate in defense of Black lives - and it's why we lead with an agenda rooted in saving lives.

What I owe the Tea Party is to be the conservative voice they elected me to be.

A lot of what you have seen with third-party groups - like the Tea Party - these folks are conservative, and they are fed up with people in Washington who are not working for them but against them.

I no longer teach law. But when I did I advised my students that they should never accept a case if it meant that by doing so you couldn't sleep at night.

Our experience at Teach For America has been that the more people understand educational inequity, the more they want to do something about it.

My dad always told me to stand up to bullies, and Bill O'Reilly is kind of a bully, and he's the kind of kid who hits other kids on the playground. And when you hit him, he runs to the teacher and says, 'Teacher, sue him.'

I am a teacher born and bred, and I believe in the advocacy of teachers. It's a calling. We want our students to feel impassioned and empowered.

Over the years, I've worked for and alongside the American Federation of Teachers and National Education Association. That's because I am proud of our public school teachers - including my niece who teaches down in Louisiana - just as I am proud of our nation's education system.

I am greatly honoured to become Patron of The Helen Arkell Dyslexia Centre. I have benefited hugely from their work, and I am looking forward to supporting them in giving a chance to others to benefit from their experience and teaching.

Teaching has always been, for me, linked to issues of social justice. I've never considered it a neutral or passive profession.

I do good in the world - at least I try to. I speak on behalf of women, and I know I have made the lives of women happier as a result of teaching them what I have learned relative to true health rather than disease care.

No matter what side of the spectrum you're on, you like to see your team fighting for the principle.

Some of my teammates and coaches don't understand what I'm doing by speaking out, but they support me, for which I am grateful. They have become part of my surrogate family here in the United States.