Quotes About Advocacy

I work with poor kids. I work in the fight against HIV.

I remember my dad saying to me, 'But Fiona don't you want to go and do the dramatic society. You can still do your women's groups as well.' And I said, 'Dad, feminism is a way of life! It's not a hobby!'

I think it is very important to spend time to help make people all over the world see how great a game hockey is.

I am a card holder of Uttarakhand. I fought for their freedom.

I've never been a bandwagon Clevelander. I've been talking about Cleveland and holding up Cleveland since before we were champions.

I stand for all people even if it causes me political heartburn - and I'm going to do that no matter what my future holds.

I'll continue to fight for school choice and home schooling. Do I believe in accountability? You bet I do.

Hillary Clinton has made it clear over and over again that we are at our best when we lift people up; we should be leaving no one behind. That is not always her home base, but it's always part of what she says.

I know if that I'm not fighting for my home state, my home district, that other members who are out there fighting for their state, their district, they're not going to fight for New York for me.

Mainly, I have actually been getting involved with an organization called MALDEF. It's a Latino organization. And I would like to get involved with charities that have to do with children or homelessness or education, or all of them together.

Homelessness is an issue close to my heart.

Sadly, youth homelessness is an issue throughout the country.

I think it's been fun to show that Bryan and I share a Honda Fit, and we're huge environmentalists, and we're big activists for animal rights.

The Audrey you saw in her films and in her advocacy for children is who and what she really was and what, I think, we all sensed was an extraordinary honesty of emotion.

I am honored to continue the fight for equal economic opportunities, the right to choose, and an end to gender-based violence by serving as an ACLU Celebrity Ambassador.

I am proud to stand with working families and honored to have AFGE's support.

Senators say they fear the N.R.A. and the gun lobby. But I think that fear must be nothing compared to the fear the first graders in Sandy Hook Elementary School felt as their lives ended in a hail of bullets.

When I came out I hoped it would empower others - and it has.

I aim to work for girls and I am hopeful I will achieve it through the support of the Miss World Organization.

I have high hopes for my kids, and I'll defend them to the death.

There are crimes occurring against senior citizens in this country that are horrendous, that we don't hear about.

Anyone who is awake and aware knows that these quote-unquote bathroom bills or any legislation discriminating against LGBTQ citizens is horrible.

It's horrible when actors say that they are apolitical.

While we may not know how to stop these horrific mass shootings, we do know this: Limiting high-capacity magazines will save lives, and we know this because it has saved lives.