Quotes About Advocacy

Having trans people play trans roles show that we are valid in our identities, and we exist.

I think the reality is that there's a role for everybody to play in the work of social justice and that we have to organize everybody. That means that Silicon Valley has to be organized, the fashion industry has to be organized, the formerly incarcerated have to be organized, the teachers.

I'm an underdog person, so I align myself with those who seem to be not considered valuable in polite society.

From fully funding nutrition programs to protecting children from liquid nicotine poisoning, I have focused many of my efforts in Congress on advocating for polices that invest in our most valuable resource - our children.

I think that designers and architects need to educate the people who don't quite know what they do and make a strong case for why it's valuable and why it changes the game. I think waiting for people to come around to it just won't do.

If I didn't find art valuable, I would stop doing my work and only work for justice.

I speak publicly about the things I am speaking privately about, and there is no difference - the things I'm passionate about and dissecting with my friends and family, the things that are valuable to me, are the things that I publicly share and publicly promote.

Offering thoughts and prayers are a valuable way to let loved ones know you care, but no one should offer them at the expense of action.

Growing up, I learned the value of sticking up for my brown-skinned friends amongst my white-skinned friends.

We need someone who is a strong representative of our value system.

We went through substantial periods of being dependent on some type of government service, whether food stamps, WIC, Medicaid, children's health insurance. And I had an acute awareness as a child of what happens when people go without access to health care. I also had an acute awareness that people's lives were not valued the same.

No matter the challenges ahead, I will never stop fighting for New Jersey and the values we share.

Economic growth and human development need to go hand in hand. Human values need to be advocated vigorously.

I believe very strongly that in this world you have to have values and you have to stand up for your interests and if you don't do those things you're not going to get anywhere.

We profiled the Drug Policy Foundation, the most thoughtful advocacy group, financed by billionaire George Soros, and the Grateful Dead's foundation, among others.

There are a lot of idiots in this country, and they deserve representation as much as the next man.

There are a lot of idiots in this country," I replied absently, "and they deserve representation as much as the next man.

One of the most power-packed media of all is something you already have and doesn't cost you one cent. It's satisfied customers—people you've delighted in the past.

There are voices and they must be heard.

Nada hay que influya más sobre mi corazón que un acto de valor hecho a propósito, en favor del débil injustamente oprimido. En

Empathy is not enough, there must be advocacy. - Jeanne Jones in MIXED: Exploring What It Means To Be Blended In America

My grandmother taught me, you believe in a politician, you get out there and work for them. So, that's what I've been doing.

My anti-authoritarian instincts let me directly to criminal defense work.

As disciples of Jesus Christ we have a responsibility to work together with like-minded believers, to raise our voices for what is right.