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Quotes About Advocacy

I believe we should utilise any power we have for important issues that are bigger and beyond us. Whether it's with refugees or working to educate kids. I don't think you need to have gone through a civil war to do something. I believe as human beings, we can look out for each other.
~ Alek Wek
I don't believe that the fight for trans rights or African American rights is different from the fight against war, or the fight for refugees.
~ Andreja Pejic
I have experienced power as a journalist. On three different occasions, when I wrote about individual immigrants or refugees, the article - or, in one case, my presence in the courtroom - appeared to positively change the outcome of their cases.
~ Masha Gessen
As a woman I can't go to war, and I refuse to send anyone else.
~ Jeannette Rankin
I think every woman in our culture is a feminist. They may refuse to articulate it, but if you were to take any woman back 40 years and say, 'Is this a world you want to live in?' They would say, 'No.'
~ Helen Mirren
I refuse to allow President Trump and Republicans to take away our right to quality, affordable healthcare.
~ Ralph Northam
Anyone who refuses to speak out off campus does not deserve to be listened to on campus.
~ Theodore Hesburgh
When they regain the right to vote, formerly incarcerated individuals know that they have a real voice in impacting change in their community.
~ Alex Padilla
I will preserve and protect a woman's right to choose, and am devoted and dedicated to honoring my word in that regard.
~ Mitt Romney
Hillary Clinton has a strong and powerful voice regarding ending violence against women and girls.
~ Amanda Lindhout
Regardless of who you are, I believe that everybody in this country is entitled to justice.
~ Cameron Winklevoss
It's my strong belief that when people love each other and are desirous of creating a committed relationship with each other that they should be allowed to marry, regardless of their sexual orientation.
~ Wendy Davis
It's pretty simple for me; I believe all people are created equal, regardless of their sexuality. To promote respect and acceptance is an important role for NFL players and the NFLPA.
~ Steve Gleason
I'm proud of my decade-long fight to have all ophthalmologists re-certify, regardless of age.
~ Rand Paul
The role of the defense is to be an advocate for their client, regardless of whether he did it or not, within the bounds of the law.
~ Jeffrey Toobin
I believe all people, regardless of sexual orientation, should be guaranteed the full rights to the legal benefits and responsibilities of marriage under the Constitution.
~ Tim Kaine
If you're against war, you're against war regardless of what happens. It's a wrong method of trying to settle a dispute.
~ Jeannette Rankin
I would be delighted not to see another celebrity, regardless of their political beliefs, come to Washington to make yet another appeal for some cause about which they know little.
~ Bob Beckel
As a patron of a youth education charity it is my duty to use my platform as a voice for all, regardless of background.
~ Chris Smalling
I am keen to serve the people of Tuticorin which has been a neglected region.
~ Tamilisai Soundararajan
The African Development Bank is one of the most aggressive advocates of regional integration.
~ Mo Ibrahim
If we don't register and don't vote, national leaders will not be aware of our point of view.
~ George P. Bush
I am for registered civil partnerships.
~ Angela Merkel
I think if they wanted to get me to leave 'Children in Need,' they'd have to drag me off screaming. It's one thing that's so close to my heart, and I feel passionately about it. I gave up my radio show, with regret, but knowing I'd done it for a long time, the same with Eurovision. But 'Children in Need' is different.
~ Terry Wogan