Quotes About Advocacy

The decision to speak out is the vocation and lifelong peril by which the intellectual must live.

Let us not forget that among [women's] rights is the right to speak freely.

They have rights who dare defend them.

The basic freedom of the world is woman's freedom.

A man is a lion in his own cause.

They are slaves who fear to speak For the fallen and the weak; They are slaves who dare not be In the right with two or three.

I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it.

The perversion of the mind is only possible when those who should be heard in its defence are silent.

Is some cases non-violence requires more militancy than violence.

By nice women . . . you probably mean selfish women who have no more thought for the underprivileged, overworked women than a pussycat in a sunny window for the starving kitten in the street. Now in that sense I am not a nice woman, for I do care.

Against abortion? Don't have one.

If the anti-abortion movement took a tenth of the energy they put into noisy theatrics and devoted it to improving the lives of children who have been born into lives of poverty, violence, and neglect, they could make a world shine.

Freedom and Justice are twin sisters.

I am involved in a freedom ride protesting the loss of the minority rights belonging to the few remaining earthbound stars. All we demanded was our right to twinkle.

In a depressing twist, many members of my party and ideological persuasion have become advocates for Donald Trump on a scale that ranges from grudging to toadying, for a simple reason that seems to overwhelm all other factors: He attacks the media. Many are willing to forgive almost any sin because of it.

Social networking platforms like Facebook and Twitter should be urged to adhere to business practices that maximize the safety of activists using their platforms.

It is unsound for an independent editor to be a financial contributor to any cause which would cause any type of special pleading.

I think the gay community, just like anybody, should be represented in all forms and all types.

I want to keep doing projects that speak for people within the community and tell different types of meaningful stories.

We've been doing work outside of the anthem since the beginning. Before the anthem even started, players were involved in these types of social justice issues. The anthem protests or demonstrations just brought eyes and attention to it.

We don't need more of the same, typical politicians fighting for themselves and for special interests. We need someone to believe in our small-business owners again and someone to champion those folks who play by the rules.

There is no typical day, not when there are so many people out there that I care about that can't access good food in their neighborhoods.

It was exciting to play a gay person in high school who's really proud of himself and isn't dealing with the sort of typical story line - the coming-out story - but is already out and sort of an advocate in his own way.

It's time to join the ranks of nations that have put the ugliness of capital punishment behind them.