Quotes About Advocacy

One shouldn't just hope to be treated well: one must insist on it.

Good editorial writing has less to do with winning an argument, since the other side is mostly not listening, than with telling the guys on your side how they ought to sound when they're arguing.

Before women gained the right to vote in America, many "had never before considered their degraded status as anything but natural," historian Jean Baker observes. As the suffrage movement gained momentum, "a growing number of women were beginning to see that custom, religious precept, and law were in fact man-made and therefore reversible.

I don't recall all twelve points of the Great Animal Charter, but I know that the right to vote, to work, the right to welfare benefits and the creation of a set number of specifically animal MPs and MEPs was part of it. It was never going to happen, of course. I don't suppose the animals believed it would pass; their intention was to provoke dissension amongst humanity.

The group beamed and applauded. It was a lot to absorb. I thought I'd better summarize. "So when it comes to homework," I said, "here are your new strategies." 1. Be on your child's side. Acknowledge his feelings! 2. Problem-solve. Consider everything. 3. Be your child's advocate. Communicate with the teacher when homework gets overwhelming. Don't worry about what other people's kids are doing.

I believe that every artist has a responsibility to use their platform to raise awareness about issues that are important to them.

I am passionate about human rights.

I'm passionate about people. I've spent my life in advocacy. People matter - whether or not we agree on the issue, people matter.

You have to focus on what you're passionate about. For me it's the forests and of course, because I'm concerned about the forests, I'm concerned about the way paper is made.

Acting is my career and activism is my passionate hobby. But acting is my livelihood.

Feeling passionate about something doesn't mean you have to be angry.

I do wear a lot of hats, and sometimes people get confused with all that I do, but one thing that I am extraordinarily passionate about is furthering women's rights. I think it's something that's incredibly important, not just for girls everywhere but also boys to get involved in.

I learned more complex ways to manipulate the manipulators, to bring attention to issues about which I felt passionate.

I am passionate about talking to women about their breast health.

I'm going to be a Republican who happens to be black - who will talk about issues that I'm passionate about.

People don't care enough. They don't get worked up enough. They don't get angry enough. They don't get passionate enough. I'd rather somebody hate what I do than be indifferent to it.

One consistent thing in an otherwise inconsistent career is that I've always been passionate about parliament.

The things I write about are the things that I am passionate about, interested in, and fighting for in my life.

I am a communicator; that seems to be my natural place. And I'll always be passionate about the world, because it's so bonkers.

It's no secret - if you know me, have ever met me or have shared a meal with me - that I'm a passionate environmentalist.

After you do a play like 'The Normal Heart,' it's hard to find something you feel so passionate about.

Yooralla, like most disability service organisations, is full of good people who are passionate about the rights of people with disabilities.

I want to work on cases that I feel the most passionate about.

I'm not an activist; I don't look for controversy. I'm not a political person, but I'm a person with compassion. I care passionately about equal rights. I care about human rights. I care about animal rights.