Quotes About Advocacy

We can't live in fear. There are going to be people who will disagree with us, but it's important for us to stand up and say what's right and what's wrong.

My greatest love is my children, and they have inspired me to fight and stand up for the right things.

Someone has to stand up and speak for the freedoms of the little guy.

And there are certain things, and they are evident, obviously, without being boring about it, but I mean obviously, the two evident and easy ones being Gandhi and Cry Freedom, there are things which I do care about very much and which I would like to stand up and be counted.

Given this platform of being an Olympic athlete, I think it's really important that we stand up for what we believe in, and we speak out against things that we think are wrong and injust.

I feel there are injustices in the world that I'll stand up for, and I think that it's important to realize that the world is filled with these kinds of issues.

I think it's so important for somebody like me to stand up for the things I believe in and speak up on things I don't think are right.

I am crushing so hard on Amy Schumer. Women like her who have chosen to stand up for themselves and face the bullies are being so embraced.

It doesn't matter if you are a man or woman; you need to stand up for yourself. If you have been abused, you deserve justice.

I think that Canadians in general very much understand... that we need to engage in the world and stand up for human rights.

For free-speech principles to be reinforced and free-market ideas to win the day, more people are going to have to stand up and be heard.

It's important to stand up for what you believe in.

This country needs to get a backbone and stand up for its economic interest.

So I will stand more steadfastly for the things I stand up for, like people who work for a living. I'd like to be able to stand that way when I go to Congress.

What's right and good doesn't come naturally. You have to stand up and fight for it - as if the cause depends on you, because it does.

It is not only all right but necessary to stand up to George Bush.

I've always been very direct and have told the truth and have been very willing to stand up and speak out.

I stand up for other people, I'm very protective of people around me. If I feel like somebody is getting a bad rap or being unfairly picked on, I will stand up for them, absolutely.

What the American people want to see in their president is somebody who not necessarily can win every fight, but they want to see him stand up and fight for what he believes, take his case to the American people.

I've got to stand up for the sport.

When you feel powerful, you are willing to stand up for your rights, you are willing to stand up for what you believe in, you're more willing to stand up and be counted.

And my approach has always been to stand up and speak out on behalf of the economic rights of people.

I stand up for the things I believe in.

At some point the rhetoric runs out, and we have to ask ourselves, 'Are we simply going to standby while somebody's rhetoric is good, but their actions are so lousy?' Are we going to stand up for that?