Quotes About Advocacy

I'm in trouble with some activist women because I refuse to say I'm bisexual.

In my house, you got in trouble if you didn't speak up. My mom would be furious at us if we went to school and behaved nicely if someone treated us badly. If we got in trouble because we had yelled at them or told them that they were wrong, my mother would be like, 'Good job.'

I'm not activist, but I'm not troubled by being in the LGBT corner.

I've never kept my mouth shut, especially as my industry is so misogynistic. I've got a reputation as a troublemaker.

Sometimes when women come forward about sexual harassment, they're seen as a troublemaker.

Because Mr. Mandela's early opponents invested so many resources into distorting the true nature of his advocacy, the singular historic moment millions now celebrate could have been tragically lost to guerrilla decontextualization.

My own strong feeling was that the gay liberation movement really got national attraction in the truest sense of the word later in the '70s, in the '80s, and especially in the '90s.

I think lawyers who engage in pro bono service to protect those who cannot help themselves are truly the heroes and the heroines of the legal profession.

Rush Limbaugh advocating for objectivity is like Donald Trump advocating for humility.

I support Donald Trump, but I also support abortion and a women's right to choice, what to do with their body.

I feel I have a great responsibility to be an active Latina. I've been rallying for DACA, and in the summer, I'll be rallying again so that people are aware that if certain senators are elected they can help impeach Donald Trump.

I am not ashamed to support Donald Trump.

Mr. Trump is proud to pay a lower tax rate, the lowest tax rate possible. He fights for every single dollar. That's the mindset you want to bring to the government.

I'm still on the Trump train.

Donald Trump can ultimately make the case for himself.

Why do Planned Parenthood and their allies only 'trust women' and only want to hear women's stories when they agree with Planned Parenthood? Why do they work to silence any women who disagree with them? Don't our stories matter?

Back in 2005, the Anthony Nolan Trust could have asked me just to speak out about the lack of ethnic minority donors on the bone marrow register, but that would have meant nothing if I wasn't prepared to join up myself.

If people believe you're on their side, they will trust your decisions.

We must fight as a race for everything that makes for a better country and a better world. We are dreaming idiots and trusting fools to do anything less.

I'm for truth, no matter who tells it. I'm for justice, no matter who it's for or against.

The dreadful truth is that when people come to see their MP they have run out of better ideas.

I don't believe that if I came out as bisexual the world will change. But it's really important for people to be truthful about who they are and fight for equality. We need to help the world usher itself into the next phase.

I tell people, 'If you want to send a message to the White House, call my house.

It's hard being bisexual, omnisexual, multisexual, whatever you want to call it, when people have their agenda and expect you to just represent their agenda.