Quotes About Advocacy

Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter. —MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. Mastering

Today there are people trying to take away rights that our mothers, grandmothers and great-grandmothers fought for: our right to vote, our right to choose, affordable quality education, equal pay, access to health care. We the people can't let that happen.

But if I hear that any creatures are being hunted or abused, I will come back and take this off your head." "Whoa, Tea," Abby said. " You'll take off his head?" "I'll help," Enkidu said happily. "I didn't say I'd take off his head. I said I'd take the crown off his head." "It was totally in your tone of voice, though," Abby insisted.

I hope to bring much more attention to important issues and change for issues and practices that are harming animals.

However, researchers have also found that whites who hold implicit biases are convinced that their advocacy for voter IDs is not based on racism but rather on ensuring election integrity.

Silence is unacceptable in the face of injustice, and being neutral is being a coward and an accomplice to the evil sides of our history.

I'm out there arguing the Labor case. I will do it anywhere and everywhere that I can. I do it within various communities across Australia where I am able to make a positive contribution. And let me tell you, my voice won't be silenced in the public debate because the issue at stake for Australia are so stark.

You never need a green light to stand up for what's right.

Without peace and without the overwhelming majority of people that believe in peace defending it, working for it, believing in it, security can never really be a reality.

A man protects those who need it most. Those who cannot protect themselves." -Sin

A dog has no money. A dog has no rights. A dog has no way to communicate his grievances. I am a dog. God help me.

I take any opportunity I can to raise our country's flag really high and get some shining positive light on things over there.

We asserted ourselves as a music community, and showed legislators that music is positive. Especially if you've sold 300 million records worldwide and pay taxes.

Rosie and I went to Planned Parenthood together. "They'll have all kinds of information," she said. "It's not just for abortions.

I don't understand what the big deal is with gay marriage. Get over it, people.

A WOMAN'S PLACE IS IN THE HOUSE...AND THE SENATE.

If the facts are against you, argue the law. If the law is against you, argue the facts. If the law and the facts are against you, pound the table and yell like hell

Liberals and progressives will spend inordinate amounts of time and money to protect fish, frogs, and flies. But they do not think a 17-week-old, a 20-week-old, a 24-week-old is worth saving?

Always stand up for what you believe in. Always defend yourself and your beliefs.

Then he started his period. One week in bed. Two doctors in. Three painkillers four times a day. And later a letter to the powers-that-be demanding full-paid menstrual leave twelve weeks per year.

She was in firm solidarity with the oppressed and downtrodden.

Many efforts on behalf of animals will qualitatively improve humans' living conditions as well, which is likely to be the case.

I'm committed to universal health coverage and education.

I believe that as women, we must commit ourselves to sustaining the progress made by our foremothers who fought so hard for women's equality and liberation.