Quotes About Advocacy

Restrict high capacity magazines and clips and we say "over my dead body." Restrict the Body of Christ and we say little to nothing.

I demanded more rights for women because I know what women had to put up with.

there is little reason to think that interest group pressure is invariably benign, where a concentrated rich group (e.g., an industry association) competes against a dispersed and poorly organized group (e.g., consumers).

Why do you write? Because I want to persuade everybody to agree with me about everything, for their own good.

Reproductive freedom is critical to a whole range of issues. If we can't take charge of this most personal aspect of our lives, we can't take care of anything. It should not be seen as a privilege or as a benefit, but a fundamental human right.

I denounce everyone who ignores the other half, the half that can't be redeemed

Siempre estaré del lado de aquellos que no tienen nada y que ni siquiera pueden disfrutar de nada de lo que tienen en paz.

With the support of leftist intellectuals and the Catholic Church, the MST has become much more than a movement of the poor. It boasts 1.5 million members, including television stars, samba singers, and other celebrities at home and abroad.

El idioma está tan indefenso como los animales. Todos los atropellan con impunidad. Y esas dos causas perdidas son las que he tomado como mías, por el gusto de perder.

Gross injustice demonstrates a basic premise: in our world, something is terribly wrong and cries out to be put right.

groups in America tried to spark a sense of urgency within government circles but kept running into a wall of indifference or outright hostility. While the U.S. State Department dithered, stalled, and did its best to avoid doing anything

All that may be true, but I cannot recognize that the negro man is the only one who has pressing claims at this hour. To-day our government needs woman's conscience as well as man's judgment. And while I would not throw a straw in the way of the colored man, even though I know that he would vote against me as soon as he gets his vote, yet I do think that woman should have some power to defend herself from oppression, and equal laws as if she were a man.

When anyone has the power to destroy the whole human race in a matter of hours, it becomes a moral issue. The church must speak out.

As Christians we have a responsibility toward the poor, the oppressed, the downtrodden, and the many innocent people around the world who are caught in wars, natural disasters, and situations beyond their control.

I'm not going to talk like I know about politics, because I'm a total amateur, but maybe I can be a spokesperson for people who aren't normally interested in politics.

I think it's great that we have organisations like Greenpeace. In a pluralistic society, we want to have people who point out all the problems that the Earth could encounter. But we need to understand that they are not presenting a full and rounded view.

Again, to speak out for what is true and right requires more than just railing against evil. The call is for rational, cogent, well-crafted presentations of positive alternatives gleaned from Scriptures.

In my circles, Christians are thought of as people who are against things. I want us to be known as people who are for things good, wholesome, creative, wonderful, and fulfilling. That's the message of the Gospel and it ought to be the message in all that we do.

There is no force more liberating than the knowledge that you are fighting for others.

Get up, stand up, Stand up for your rights. Get up, stand up, Don't give up the fight.

Don't give up the fight, Stand up for your rights.

Don't give up the fight, Stand up for your rights.

Get up, stand up, stand up for your rights.

Get up, stand up; stand up for your rights! Get up, stand up; don't give up the fight!