Quotes About Advocacy

Advice to intellectuals: let no-one represent you.

In real everyday life, I don't walk around feeling fat, and if on TV I'm considered fat, honestly, I kind of like it, because I'm a big advocate of positive unique representations of women in media. And so I like how I'm able to represent a curvier body and still be beautiful.

We represent people, and any good congressperson wants to know how their people at home feel about issues. I can tell you for sure in our office that is taken into account, and that is true for any congresspersons I know.

When you file an amicus brief, and you represent a state, the court reads your brief. It is a powerful position to make the legal assault from.

My job as Taoiseach, and the job of any government, of course, is to represent all people.

I represent all the enlightened people in this country, and that's a fine thing to be able to do. It infuriates my opponents when I say this, but it is true.

I was a lawyer for 10 years - a short time, but it molded me into who I am. My clients were little people fighting big corporations, so it was a natural thing to not only represent the little guy but also to pull for him - it's the American way.

I represent more Native Americans than anyone else in Congress.

Like my colleague, I represent a large Assyrian community in central California, one of the largest concentrations of Assyrian Americans anywhere in the United States.

Our purpose is to be up here to resolve these issues. Our purpose is to be up here and represent the people.

As the president of the Council of Fashion Designers of America, I represent the designers. And while we can by no means take the blame for eating disorders, we can play our part in addressing this important issue.

The principle is that every member needs to represent their district.

There will always be women who say, 'She doesn't represent me.' In retrospect, these things are gifts, because it forces me to step up and defend what I'm doing.

Clients trust you to represent their interest in the highest court.

I don't go to Washington to represent the president; I go to represent the people of this district.

If you're going to do something to hurt the district I represent, I can't vote for it.

I wasn't elected to avoid conflict. I was elected to represent the people of the 2nd District.

I still represent for overweight adults and kids, but I am also now painfully and personally aware of the health issues.

I am proud to be an American, proud to represent 600,000 Americans, and proud to be in the only party pledged to make the District of Columbia the 51st state.

The real issue is, are you available to the folks you represent? And I am.

I've been a loud voice as a Democratic leader for years, but that's not my job now. My job is to represent fishermen and farmers - everyone.

I represent the 9th Congressional District of Georgia. I'm their voice.

I know what it feels like to represent clients who can't get restraining orders on abusive partners.

People are so frustrated by electing people to represent them in Washington, D.C., and having them immediately forget about the Hoosiers they represent.