Quotes About Advocacy

I pledge as Taoiseach to use my office, for as long as I hold it, to advance the cause of LGBT rights, to press for marriage equality across Ireland, to speak up for LGBT rights around the world where they are under attack, and to push for the implementation of the sexual health strategy here at home at a time when it is more important than ever.

Alleviating suffering of the most marginalized communities must begin with assessing the needs of entire communities and allowing the most marginalized to lead the strategy. My belief is those closest to the pain are closest to the solution.

What will be the final straw that finally forces Congress to at least open up formal debate - let alone introduce a bill, pass it, and have it signed into law - that curbs the scourge of gun deaths across the country?

Among pacifists it was above all the English who always insisted on the importance of disarmament. They said that the man in the street would not understand the kind of pacifism that neglected to demand immediate restriction of armaments.

I care very much about women and their progress. I didn't go march in the streets, but when I was in the Arizona Legislature, one of the things that I did was to examine every single statute in the state of Arizona to pick out the ones that discriminated against women and get them changed.

You must stand for free speech in the streets.

We all have responsibility to stop violence and discrimination against women, whether it's in our businesses, in our homes, or on our streets.

I'm someone who's seen firsthand the effects of gun violence. I've had to carry a gun to do my job in the war. And I know as well as anyone that this violence has no place on our streets, in our schools, in our concerts, so we've got to do something about it.

Since becoming Mayor, I have advocated for safer streets.

I have the people behind me and the people are my strength.

I'm an activist for gay marriage equality and children's rights. I'm the face of Share Our Strength.

My answer to those who oppose my appointment as CEO is that this is really a decision of the YWCA. They want to strengthen their grassroots to advocate on behalf of women's and children's empowerment and ending racism.

Joining a union makes it more powerful and in turn strengthens the rights of all workers.

I believe I am strengthening the Constitution with my case.

Our job, which Congress gave us, was to protect consumers. That work needs to be done in our communities for people regardless of what happens with elections, regardless of what happens with particular people and particular offices, and that is something that I have tried to stress at my agency.

As members of society, we should always be pushing our girls to strive to be the best and to speak up and out about issues we see.

We strive for equality and equality in mental health matters as much as anything else. I see it as an imperative, not a choice.

I am opposed to heart attacks and cancer and strokes the way I am opposed to sin.

I am a strong believer that without justice, there is no peace. No lasting peace, anyway.

Everyone is a proponent of strong encryption.

I have a strong sense that I have to educate people about disability.

I wasn't born into one of the two main parties, but both my parents had a strong sense of social justice.

I have a strong sense of justice.

In community work, you reach some people, but in writing, I can reach many more people, not only in exploring issues of domestic violence, but also by showing the importance of strong women in communities.