Quotes About Advocacy

Different people were complaining, and I remember saying, 'Why don't we just demonstrate?' The Whitney was the first.

If you want to remember me, organize!

My parents lived in a poor rural community on the Eastern Shore, and schools were still segregated. And I remember when lawyers came into our community to open up the public schools to black kids.

I'd like to be remembered as somebody who tried to promote justice.

I want to remind women of color out there to stand your ground, and don't ever be afraid to speak up.

It is devastating that jail is seen as a rite of passage for many Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, part of the natural order of things. It is an outrage that there is an attitude that this is normal. This is not normal. We can't shrug our shoulders and say this is just a 'fact of life' in remote Australia.

There's no running water in a remote Aboriginal community? I can do something about that, let's go do it. I've been brought up that way. So political activism, is it that? I don't know, because that's not what makes me go, 'yeah let's do this now.'

President Obama has called for economic and political empowerment of women globally. The Equal Futures Partnership promotes removal of policy, legal, and regulatory barriers that hold women back at local, state and national levels.

When people were subjected to the impeachment and removal process, Aaron Burr was right there, looking out for their rights, even though it wasn't in his political interest to do so.

You can't claim to be pro-life and then vote to remove the restrictions that prevented government-funded abortions in the District of Columbia.

I mean if you stay engaged, and are constantly fighting, you don't have time to regenerate. So sometimes you have to take time to renew your strength and energy, so that you can come back and fight again in a constructive way.

Call-time has renewed my faith in the need for public financing of elections. 'Call-time' is where I as the candidate, sit in a room with my 'call-time manager,' and a phone. Then I call people and ask them for money. For hours. Apparently, I'm really good at it.

What people forget is that no one pays you to go and be a champion for democracy. A girl's got to make rent. I didn't have a job for two years.

I'm an athlete rep, so I'll be available if they need me for anything.

I have deep respect for Rep. Jackie Speier and all that she has done to open doors for women everywhere.

You don't make a case for reparations thinking, 'Oh yeah, people are gonna love this.' I didn't see that coming.

We don't want to repeal the Second Amendment.

I was one of the first senators to support marriage equality, and led the effort to repeal the Defense of Marriage Act.

President Bush met repeatedly with human rights activists and freedom fighters from all over the world to give them encouragement and protection and to advance their cause.

I'm a pro-life, pro-gun Marine that wants to repeal and replace Obamacare.

The suffragettes endured 50 years of broken government promises and not being heard. The press never reported on their activities.

As Minister for Women and Equalities, I introduced shared parental leave, extended flexible working rights and won government support to bring in gender pay gap reporting. I'm not going to lie: it was a constant battle.

One should never ignore or be afraid of reporting or calling out a harasser. There is no shame in doing so.

Senators will do what they think they need to do to represent their constituents.