Quotes About Advocacy

Just as we demand that people take responsibility for their actions, we as a society must take responsibility for fighting injustice.

I believe that there are issues in this country - many issues, too many to name. It's not one particular issue. But there are people out there that feel there are injustices being made and happening in our country on a daily basis.

We use social media as a platform to speak on issues that we feel passionate about and I see people debating on Twitter all the time about social injustices.

It is so important for people to speak out if they see any injustices.

I am fully a feminist in this modern definition of the term. It's innate in my work because that's just who I am.

I represented a man on death row whose lawyers had spent all of eight hours looking into his claim of innocence. I met men whose lawyers had never looked into their backgrounds.

I truly believe in O.J.'s innocence, and unless they find him guilty, I will continue to support him.

I can tell you as a leader of a party that I'm fundamentally opposed to violence, fundamentally opposed to any innocent lives being taken, fundamentally opposed to any violence being perpetrated against people.

People think abuse is just for women. It must drive men absolutely insane because men get abused as well.

Not enough people know what Lyme disease is and the dangers of being bitten by an insect.

Housing insecurity isn't just an abstract point of policy for me. I've lived it.

When you're the guy inside of a character and you've lived with it for almost two years, you're always a bit defensive about the character, and you want to root for the character you're playing.

We pacifists have not ceased to point to the grave danger of armaments and to insist on their curtailment.

The margins don't get erased by simply insisting that the powers-that-be erase them.

When I got my law degree and my license to practice here in the District of Columbia, I represented several immigrants who had entered without inspection.

The events of the day inspired me to become a lawyer.

I'm setting up a fund to empower girls and women to speak up - on all issues, not just sexual harassment. For me, it's about inspiring women to come together.

Elie Wiesel and his book 'Night' have changed my life, shifting the way I see and treat people and inspiring me to fight injustices any way I am able.

My fans are incredible. Don't you dare talk bad about me on my Instagram, because my fans will come out, and they will eat you alive.

I believe that feminism needs to teach more girls about how to make institutional changes and how to further engage men and boys into being our allies.

Inspiring girls to write their stories and play their own instruments is something I'm passionate about, as it's not championed.

I've been denied coverage two times in my life - and it's after I've been in a big successful rock band. And I've a lot of met people who've been denied coverage who don't have the resources to fight the insurance companies. And they shouldn't have to do that.

I really have aproblem with the fact that insurance companies don't see infertility as a medical condition requiring coverage. I do want there to be some pressure on the insurance companies.

I'm going do everything I can to make sure that we protect the integrity of our democracy.