Quotes About Advocacy

I represent the interests of almost 90,000 human beings in our system. That's by far my first and foremost commitment.

The art of compromise should be always alive and well. You represent the people of your district, the people of your county, your city, your township. Make sure that you do it for the people rather than your party or issue.

I am proud to represent the first explicitly feminist government in the world, and one that has been at the forefront of advocating for greater attention to women, peace, and security.

When I speak, I don't speak for myself; I don't have the luxury of a Caucasian to be able to speak for myself. I speak for a whole community, and I represent so many different communities that that felt like a lot of pressure.

It's my job to represent the concerns and address the concerns my constituents have, and those concerns change over time.

I believe Native Americans, women, and all of us deserve representation, and that we all need to fight with everything we have to make it so.

Being female and an advocate for equal opportunities, I want to see an equal representation in people applying for the head coach job for the women's team.

Major miscarriages of justice have occurred because of the absence of proper legal representation.

For families to access affordable housing, they often need legal representation that takes their side against abusive landlords.

Black people need to share collective dollars and demand equal representation, and the way you do that is by controlling their own economy and putting money behind candidates.

The entire legal system was built upon the assumption that people would have adequate representation. When they don't, the system fails, and the laws don't matter.

In legal practice, in the representation of clients, I have always felt deeply engaged, serene, and not all inclined to stand aside. I have always done whatever needed to be done, and have usually gotten my way.

Most criminal defendants do not get adequate representation because there are not enough public defenders to represent them. There is a lot that is wrong.

As creators and as readers, we need to always be pushing it - by looking for the books, looking for the artists and people and stories to support what we feel to be a better representation of all women. Of real women.

I want to be someone who is a great representation of a black woman in Hollywood, a black woman in the entertainment industry.

It's important to be able to have representation for black queer women, because I feel like there's not much representation for them in the mainstream.

I can only speak for myself and what feminism means to me, and that is equality for every human being: equal rights, equal representation, equal pay, etc.

I believe that young lesbian women need to see themselves on TV. They need to see the representation, especially young black lesbians.

As an activist, organizer, Palestinian, and a Muslim-American woman, I have faced many obstacles in the industry I work in. I often have to fight for my seat and representation for the communities I represent.

I am going to continue to fight for our democracy, for representation, for justice and equality and making the world a better place.

Trans women are a part of the female population and I think that they deserve a respectful representation.

Every other sport has player's representation. We don't really have that officially - I know there's like a little players' committee but there's not a players' association, which is what we really need.

I'm about real representation in government.

We want to make sure that anyone facing eviction has access to high-quality legal representation.