Quotes About Advocacy

I have a record of wanting to make sure that campaigns are open and financing is fair, but it can't just be one sided.

I think patriotism is all about wanting to see America better, wanting to see those are oppressed do better and get treated better.

Organize, agitate, educate, must be our war cry.

We must not only imagine a better future for women, children, and persecuted minorities; we must work consistently to make it happen - prioritizing humanity, not war.

I believe in campaigning for health care, not warfare.

When enough people care about autism or diabetes or global warming, it helps everyone, even if only a tiny fraction actively participate.

Rush Holt would be a fine senator. He's an actual physicist, which is neat. He cares very strongly about global warming, which is probably the single most pressing issue of our era.

My family and I want to start our own organization to work on global warming and a couple of other things.

Former vice president Al Gore has devoted his post-administration years to a mission to tell the world about global warming. It's funny, but in his civilian life Gore has discovered the voice that voters had trouble hearing when he ran for president in 2000. The voice he has found is clear, impassioned, and moving.

I want everyone else to become a global warming activist so it's not all on my shoulders.

I am passionate about preserving the rights and opportunities of current and future Americans. That has meant fighting to stop global warming.

Anytime anyone spoofs anything related to the issue of global warming is good, because to me it's like, okay, gets the word out.

We're all environmentalists. People feel like, 'Well, if I drive an SUV, I guess I can't be someone who works on global warming issues,' and you can. You can! If you drive an SUV, you're still an environmentalist.

As a broadly left-wing, environmentally aware urban believer in anthropogenic global warming, I am all for a total ban on motor vehicles.

When I went to lobby Nelson Mandela while the post-apartheid constitution was being drafted, I asked him to endorse making it illegal to discriminate on grounds of sexuality. I'd been warned that he might giggle if I mentioned homosexuality.

I fought passionately to remain in the E.U., and I warned of the economic risks if we left the E.U.

For my very first movie, 'Roger and Me,' I made it as part of my deal with Warner Brothers that the four people that were evicted in that film, that Warner Brothers would house - would pay their mortgage or their rent for the next two years to give them a chance to get on their feet.

Advocates of GMO labeling aren't seeking a warning label. We're simply asking for a factual, non-judgmental disclosure on the back of the package.

Steve Warren's work and career have opened doors for out professionals across the entertainment industry. In addition to advocating for LGBT people, he has continuously mobilized a large base of high-profile allies to help bring about social change.

Elizabeth Warren never stops raising the alarm about climate change and raging about the billionaires.

I'm a warrior for the middle class.

I look askance at any movement which assists in making the peacemaker among nations merely a national warrior.

Sen. Udall can only talk about one thing: He's a social issues warrior.

Being appreciated for playing a female warrior seems too good to be true. I enjoy playing such empowered roles, and on a related note, that's why I agreed to become the brand ambassador for the Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao campaign.