Quotes About Advocacy

You don't have to stop fighting for others, you just have to remember to fight for yourself too.

Make the acvocacy of radical causes sufficiently remunerative, and the supply of advocates will be unlimited.

Equal rights meant just that, rights for both blacks and women, with the association working for both at the same time. Women should not be told to stand back and wait. [Frederick] Douglas said that women should be generous and allow the Negro to get his vote first. A young woman in the audience replied that she did not think it generous to compel women to yield on all questions ... simply because they are women.

Those supporters pay dollars but make us pay with blood.

I decided it is better to scream. Silence is the real crime against humanity.

A truly living human being cannot remain neutral.

A talented artist who has unfortunately turned her energies to the cause of women's so-called rights.

Association of Petroleum Producers—spoke with federal government officials 536 times between 2008 and 2012, while TransCanada, the company behind the Keystone XL pipeline, had 279 communications. The Climate Action Network, on the other hand, the country's broadest coalition devoted to emission reductions, only logged six communications in the same period. In the U.K., the energy industry met with the Department of Energy

You cannot advocate massive economic change in a country without that change having big political consequences.

Or else they will say: "Thank you so much for speaking for me when I was too little to speak." "Dad, Mom, Grandma, Grandpa," they will ask: "What did you do?" So let me leave you with this question: What did you do?

Remember that it is not the lawyer who knows the most law, but the one who best prepares his case, who wins.

It's difficult to make the argument that one female fist inserted into one male ass--or, for that matter, dozens or even hundreds of fists inserted into as many asses--can really make a difference for, say, lesbian mothers fighting for custody of their children. -Katherine Raymond

Many of us think of people who lobby for pure water and pure food as food faddists or health nuts. We call a section in our local supermarket the Health Food Section. What is the rest of the store called, the Death and Disease Section?

I believe the church of Jesus Christ should be first in line to champion the empowerment of women and girls throughout the world to become contributing members in their societies.

V.L.A.D.: Vampire League Against Discrimination.

There's fire in you, Julie. I can see you out there in the street, carrying a banner for all the underprivileged people of the world.

The practice of solidarity foregrounds communities of people who have chosen to work and fight together. Reflective solidarity is crafted by an interaction involving three persons: 'I ask you to stand by me over and against a third.

Many of us are taught to be ladies and keep our opinions to ourselves. But you can be completely railroaded if you don't make your point known by giving your opinion and speaking up.

When Mrs. Bush was First Lady, she went all over the Mideast talking about breast cancer awareness and the need for early screening. She did this in places where the cultures prohibit such discussion or even detection efforts.

I'm all for having an empowered first lady who can really use that position to improve conditions, be a role model and make change.

I feel it is my duty to take every single opportunity I get to advocate for peace, no matter the circumstances of those meetings.

Going to meetings for Time's Up has been deeply affirming for me.

I can walk into meetings now and ask for equal pay, and the people will listen to me. They may not give it to me, but I will be listened to. That's huge.

I am a proud member of the LGBT community and could never bear the idea that someone could say I was closeted.