Quotes About Advocacy

I think it's a shame that the day somebody hears about a shooting, the first thing they think about is, 'How can I go promote my gun control agenda?' as opposed to saying, 'How do I go pray and help the families that are suffering?'

When they asked me what charity I wanted to play for on 'Who Wants to be a Millionaire?' the first thing that came to my mind was that this would be a great opportunity to let people know about TOPSoccer.

You can Google me, and I'm pretty sure the first thing that comes up is 'gay,' so that's out there, and I'm proud of that.

The pro-life movement is and has been led by women for decades. The history of the movement shows this, despite the current narrative about men 'controlling' or making laws about women's bodies.

The history of the office of First Lady had not been kind to those with mental health issues.

The only thing that I know is that, growing up, I came across stumbling blocks, and I always said to myself, 'If I ever get into a position to do something about this, I would like to, so that somebody does not deal with what I went through.'

I am sure that there are some single payer advocates who think the only thing worth fighting for is single payer.

One of the things about animal rights, which is not the only thing that I care about in this world, is that your money can bring success. I see results.

I am an animal rights campaigner myself, and I donate money and time to those charities, but I think sometimes the problem with animal rights campaigners, including myself, is that we don't think about people's feelings, too.

Movies like 'Gul Makai' carry an important message, such movies should be made as it shows us the struggle people go through in the real world.

The only way to do the human rights thing is to do the right thing medically.

The protest that we go to or the time that we stand up for someone or do the right thing - despite its difficulty... We might not see the return of it, but who knows whose lives we can change by doing those things.

We can't just say the right thing on lowering the cost of prescription drugs: we have to do the right thing, too.

Tennis Australia really led the charge as far as upping the prize money and trying to do the right thing by the players. They also led the way so women have equal prize money in all the grand slams too.

What is the harm of doing the right thing? What is the harm of doing our job as legislators and making sure we do not stick the entire bankruptcy community with these provisions that do not make any sense?

There's always going to be a need for activism; there's always going to be a need for you and me doing the right thing, being very Lincoln-sonian in looking out for each other.

We don't live in vacuums; we do care about the world, and we do want to believe our country is doing the right thing on our behalf.

Women in Hollywood have no male allies. There are some who pretend to be on our side, but yeah, not really. They may say the right thing because, after all, they're liberals, and that's a public image they'd like to keep up.

Seeking equal protection under our laws for the LGBT community is the right thing to do.

My big lesson from Gamergate is asking the men in charge to do the right thing does not work. So we need women, we need people of color in positions of power not just in the game industry but at social media and tech companies and in Congress.

The right thing is to look after people and women and women's rights to their own bodies.

That image of a lawyer standing up in a criminal case and doing the right thing always stuck with me. I love the idea of building cases and really going after bad guys.

And I'm in favor of that because I have a gay son, who's a very successful theater designer.

The dead cannot cry out for justice. It is a duty of the living to do so for them.