Quotes About Advocacy

I WILL FOLLOW ANYONE... AND REMIND EVERYONE... OF THE RAPE OF THE YAZIDI WOMEN

I will follow anyone... and remind everyone... of the pain of the Yazidi women

If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor.

Never forget that turning a blind eye to oppression and watching from the sidelines is itself opression

If I believe in something, I will fight for it, with all I have. But I do not demand all or nothing. I would rather get something than nothing.

Parliaments have stopped laughing at woman suffrage, and politicians have begun to dodge! It is the inevitable premonition of coming victory.

I am on the side of the underdog except when I am on the side of the rich

You have to perform to the best of your ability, and if you have to argue stringently, if you have to persist and to state your case strongly, then you do it.

Historically whoever advocates truth always suffers. I am just a fighter for the truth. Our truths are universal

It is easy to defend the innocent; but who is eloquent enough to defend the guilty?

The victim's response to the trauma of a sexual assault shall not be used in any way to measure credibility." —

People say, 'Why do you work sex crimes and kid crimes?' I don't enjoy it. But someone's got to do it. And someone's got to do it well.

Asia for the Asiatics' is being steadily preached

The fact is, women's rights are human rights. We must fight for everyone to have access to a level playing field.

Wasn't the fight for women's rights based on our demand to be treated the same as everyone else? As we've seen regarding the gay, black and feminist establishment outside the academy's walls, demands for special treatment lead to the marginalization and patronization of the constituency at issue.

Girls are 50% of the population. We deserve to represent 50% of the heroes.

Michel, the tight-jawed president of the Black Student Caucus, who called her "little sister" and would have had potential if he'd remembered to sprinkle in some fun between bouts of righteous indignation.

of their own, one that will not support suffrage, and I'm afraid the Liberal Party leadership may prefer their priorities. What good is fighting for women's rights if those rights don't include being able to vote?

didn't want her to stand up for what was right, I wanted my mother to stand up for me.

I've always written about social concerns. My first book was about Spanish Harlem.

There are people out there who don't like me, and that's because I speak out the way I feel.

Then they came for me - and there was no one left to speak out for me.

When you see corruption, when you see injustice, you speak up. You don't just shut up and say it's none of my business.

If you don't speak out now when it matters, when would it matter for you to speak out?