Quotes About Advocacy

Wainwright prayed to the graven image of Lafayette, since neither the president nor Congress seemed to be listening. "We, the women of the United States," she told the bronze Lafayette, "denied the liberty which you helped to gain, and for which we have asked in vain for sixty years, turn to you to plead for us. Speak, Lafayette, dead these hundred years but still living in the hearts of the American people.

When Lafayette visited Monticello in 1824, his old friend Thomas Jefferson toasted him: "When I was stationed in his country for the purpose of cementing its friendship with ours, and of advancing our mutual interests, this friend of both, was my most powerful auxiliary and advocate. He made our cause his own . . . His influence and connections there were great. All doors of all departments were open to him at all times. In truth, I only held the nail, he drove it.

For some of us, politics means fighting for our right to exist

Their lost voices Must continue to be heard.

I am for peace, retrenchment, and for reformthirty years ago the great watchwords of the great Liberal Party.

Rich and great people can take care of themselves; but the poor and defenseless--the men with small cottages and large families--the men who must work six days every week if they are to live in anything like comfort for a week--these men want defenders; they want men to maintain their position in Parliament; they want men who will protest against any infringement of their rights.

Had I so interfered in behalf of the rich, the powerful, the intelligent, the so-called great, or in behalf of any of their friends… every man in this court would have deemed it an act worthy of reward rather than punishment.

When a man's cause is good, it will sufficiently plead for itself, yea, and for its master too.

Today, Academies of Science use their influence around the world in support of human rights.

Advocacy means persuading people who matter to care about your issue. It is about getting listened to, being at the table when decisions are made, being heard by people who make decisions. It is about facing and overcoming resistance. It is about speaking and writing in compelling ways that make decision makers want to adopt your ideas.

This is one of the major problems we have. By the way, it was endorsed by leadership on both sides of the aisle and both ends of the Capitol, by the NRA and also by the gun control groups.

While there is a lower class I am of it, while there is a criminal class I am of it, while there is a soul in prison I am not free.

I was determined to make working with UNICEF not just something that I did on the trip but something I'd do for the rest of my life

Women should be protected from anyone's exercise of unrighteous power... but then, so should every other living creature.

Feminism is what I do with my life, it's how I spend my days, it's my job, it's not just an opinion I have among many other opinions.

I've never bashed a union in my life.

All of my life I have stayed away from violence and the instruments of violence, and have seen a legal, democratic struggle as the only means to achieve change.

.... When you have no voice, you don't exist

Outlaw all abortions; err on the side of life.

Pro-life includes improving life after birth.

The Gospel of life must be proclaimed and human life defended in all places and all times.

There's a second life involved. No matter what your position is on abortion or the death penalty, you shouldn't put a pregnant woman to death.

Because of my life experiences, I understand that I have an opportunity to help other women. I have the desire and the ability.

I have been very consistent over the course of my entire life. I have always fought for the same values and principles.