Quotes About Advocacy

I started Save the Libraries in 2010 by hosting a big fundraiser in my city library of DeKalb County in Atlanta. Through that, I learned that even with fundraisers, libraries often don't make money - they just barely break even.

On Capitol Hill and in state houses across the country, anti-women's health politicians continue to make it clear that they will stop at nothing to end access to a safe, legal abortion.

The church should lead on issues of housing and affordability.

I'm a huge fan of the Clintons. I love Hillary; I love Bill.

There are people who can look out for other human beings; there are people who can speak up when something is not right and say, 'This is wrong, and something should be done.'

We are human beings, we matter, and we will not be erased.

Homelessness has become a human rights crisis.

We show our faces to demand human rights for everyone, everywhere.

The rights of homosexual people are human rights, and human rights are for everyone.

The thing about talking about human rights is that when one bears in mind the sharp end of it, one does not want to worry too much about semantics.

Human rights, no matter whom they affect, are something that should matter to all of us. It's always been a part of my life.

Gay rights are human rights.

I fundamentally believe in freedom and human rights.

Where there are breaches of human rights, you need to speak out about it, no matter where it is.

I thought of running for office when I was in law school, but I wanted to work on human rights.

I'm a Christian woman, but I believe in human rights.

Women's rights are human rights.

Big global players like China need to do a better job of respecting human rights.

I'm pretty political when it comes to human rights and things like that.

There are two things that I put my focus on. One is the fight against AIDS and finding a cure. The other is human rights.

The human rights community has focused very narrowly on political and civil rights for many decades, and with reason, but now we have to ask how can we broaden the view.

There is a broad movement that has been holding companies accountable on human rights for a long time.

I'm rooting for Saudi Arabia getting a seat on the U.N. Human Rights Council.

I've always been passionate about human rights in general. I think anyone who knows me can attest to that.