Quotes About Advocacy

Physical access is one of the very first issues disability rights activists of the 1960s and '70s fought for.

As your Senator, I always fought the fight for those who could not fight for themselves, and I believe the results speak for themselves.

Bathrooms have always been a big issue in my life. My parents fought for me to be able to enroll in elementary school as a girl, which I did. But I still would not be allowed to use the girls' room under any condition.

Throughout my career I've fought for the rights of women as full and equal members of society.

I fought for the rule of law in America.

Even when black folks make me angry, I know that the foundation is that I love us. I want us to win, and I want us to have all the things that we deserve in the world. And that's driven by love.

And, as a matter of fact, I am the chairman of the Amadou Diallo Foundation.

I probably will have to become more political down the road when my playing days are done, because I'm going to have to have the support of others to grow my foundation.

It's hard for women to talk about these things, and for the doctors to really talk about it too, and to even have the knowledge of what's going on. That's why I'm doing this and urging women to speak out and talk to their doctors frankly.

For some reason, the word 'feminist' freaks people out, but when you look it up, all it means is equal opportunity.

You hear younger women say, 'I don't believe I'm a feminist. I believe women should have equal right and I believe in fighting for the rights of other women, but I'm certainly not a feminist. No, no, not that!' It's just a word. If you called it 'Fred' would it be better?

It's not OK to condone violence because of free speech.

If you have ever read my columns, you know how important free speech is to me... and how important it should be to everyone.

I think it's absolutely undeniable that nobody really advocates for complete total speech without any consequence or absolute freedom of expression. There's a line that most of us agree on somewhere.

When foreigners struggle for their freedoms, they've long expected the U.S. government to be the first to stand with them.

I've worked with PETA on freeing elephants from the circus.

I am attached to the French language. I will defend the ubiquitous use of French.

I would count myself as a friend of Vaclav Havel.

Let me just make a stand that our friends and family in the LGBTQIA-plus community have the right to take up space in our society.

The buying and selling of women, girls and boys is a frightening modern day form of slavery that must be stopped.

I'm a musical political, I tend to stick to what I see happening outside my front door.

I can understand in some sense, having played the character, how unimaginably frustrating it is for people to tell you that you can't love who you love, because you ain't going to change it, and so they have to get out of your way.

We have taken on the fossil fuel companies, combating climate change and even the energy utilities.

As nice as it is to make an appearance at an event, I don't find that the most fulfilling way to support an organization.