Quotes About Advocacy

You must stand up for everyone's right to be who they are— otherwise you may find one day that it is you who is singled out, who is seen as different, and then there will be no one to defend you." After

I really, really love Hilary Clinton. I think she's very cool. She's out there and she's involved.

The power I exert on the court depends on the power of the power of my arguments, not my gender

The power I exert on the court depends on the power of my arguments, not on my gender.

Queer and feminist worlds are built through the effort to support those who are not supported because of who they are, what they want, what they do.

Oh, yes," Anna said. "I would like to know what measures you advocate." He stood a little straighter. "The first problem is the influx of the worst of Europe. The moral and intellectual dregs must be turned away. If such a policy had been put in place at the right time, Michael and Dylan Joyce would have been born in Ireland, and feeding them would not fall to us.

Today women have the rights and equality our Victorian sisters could only dream of, and with those privileges comes the responsibility of standing up and being counted.

Once they have dedicated themselves to a cause, women will fight to the end for it.

I intend to dedicate my remaining time as president of the NRA to ensure that the Second Amendment is safe from Al Gore and all those who threaten it.

Instead of convincing people who are opposed to your message, spend your time finding people who are already predisposed to it.

Women should not weaken their cause by impracticable demands. Make no claim which could not be won in a reasonable time. Take onestep at a time, get a good foothold in it and advance carefully.

There is a legacy of violence against native women that has gotten worse and worse over time.

Republicans let this happen over and over, and there is never anyone to stick up for them. They spend too much time defending themselves.

In the environmental movement, every time you lose a battle it's for good, but our victories always seem to be temporary and we keep fighting them over and over again.

If a politician is running in your local community who's pro-choice, who's feminist in their thinking, get behind them. Send them some money! If you have no money but have time, lick stamps!

There's a time for debate and a time for consensus. There's a time for advocacy and time for first principles.

By the time this concert ends this evening, 30,000 Africans will have died because of extreme poverty. By this time tomorrow evening, another 30,000. This does not make sense.

It takes time for people to get to know a cause or an organization.

We talk often about choice. Well, ladies and gentlemen, it's time to choose.

I don't want to spend all my time working as an activist. I don't get satisfaction out of it. I'd rather be doing something else. I'm a musician.

There may come a time in the career of every sociologist when it is his solemn duty to raise hell.

I came to declare that I am a friend to Arabs, at a time when it is not easy to be friend to Arabs, because nowadays those who have ambitions and interests would not befriend Arab.

It is past time for women to take their rightful place, side by side with men, in the rooms where the fates of peoples, where their children's and grandchildren's fates, are decided.

Of all "rights" which command attention at the present time among us, woman's rights seem to take precedence.