Quotes About Advocacy

The only chance women have for justice in this country is to violate the law, as I have done, and as I shall continue to do.

Hopefully with my so-called celebrity, I can help open more people's eyes to Epilepsy disorders.

I think that the way forward now is more schemes and much more disabled people on TV: in sitcoms, in soaps. A disabled person reading the news would be the dream.

It's a very short walk to go from making jokes to getting on a soapbox and going on a diatribe.

Who has to have a soapbox when all you've ever needed is your voice?

I don't like beating people on the head with the message. I don't like standing on the soapbox.

There's a lot of talk now about the PC police, and 'why is everything bad?' It isn't. What it is, is that marginalized and oppressed people who have never had a soapbox, who have never been given a microphone, suddenly have a microphone.

My humour has always come from anger, but I have to make sure I don't just get angry and jump on a soapbox.

U.S. Soccer has no justification for paying us as little as they do.

Sometimes women's soccer can be political.

To me, feminism is such a simple description: it's equal rights, economic rights, political rights, and social rights.

I am unapologetic about the need for social change, greater inclusion, and equity.

Social change comes through people.

People want me to shut up, but I won't. I believe social change is possible; that's why I'm an activist.

I was always interested in social change but never actually did anything about it.

Sometimes going to jail is just the price you have to pay for social reform or social change.

Midwives not only save lives. They are also actors of social change.

I've always admired lawyers who use their power to effect social change, and Thurgood Marshall was always a childhood hero of mine.

Whether it is sensitising people to social issues, campaigning for causes or being part of fund-raisers, celebrities can go a long way in reaching out to people.

I do a number of things working on human rights issues, prison recidivism rates, and then I also push and have worked a lot on the social issues of rebuilding the family.

I don't know if I would have the same take on world matters and social issues if I were not gay.

Mark Udall wants to run a social issues campaign. He definitely wants to run as the social issues candidate.

Women have a better understanding of social issues, and better representation gives them an opportunity to address these issues.

I sing about social issues, not the boy-girl stuff.