Quotes About Advocacy

I do not subscribe to the advocacy journalism school. It's not who I am and not who CNN wants me to be.

I identify as a feminist but subscribe to the pretty basic definition of a feminist as 'someone who seeks equality between the sexes.'

Some of the biggest advocates for feminism seem to believe that in order to feel powerful you have to make another woman subservient, and that is not what feminism is about at all.

I'm not just a politician, I'm a guy who has a real deep, substantive, commitment to education.

Success on the front of women's rights will look like a world not only with obvious advances - where no girl is denied access to education, for instance - but also one with more subtle changes in how we regard gender and gender stereotypes.

We should make the case for the things we love, even if we think that people will misunderstand them. That is why people defend the U.S. Constitution, even though so few really understand the subtle thinking embodied in that document.

I think humor and protest can be subtle, instead of loud and going to the level of violence.

Is it a crime to fight for what is mine?

Although a soldier by profession, I have never felt any sort of fondness for war, and I have never advocated it, except as a means of peace.

I have never advocated war except as means of peace, so seek peace, but prepare for war. Because war... War never changes. War is like winter and winter is coming.

I have never advocated war except as a means of peace.

Use soft words and hard arguments.

Public opinion is the greatest force for good, when it happens to be on our side

How to win a case in court: If the law is on your side, pound on the law; if the facts are on your side, pound on the facts; if neither is on your side, pound on the table.

Strong people stand up for themselves, but stronger people stand up for others.

I care so passionately about improving the quality of life for women and girls, not just here in the United States, but internationally as well. I am a single mom and I raised a daughter who is now a young adult.

I think there is a generation gap. I personally look forward to, as our generation becomes the leaders, you are gonna see a change, and I think hopefully gay marriage will be a part of that country.

You never depend only on yourself, you never live only for yourself, and you have to realize that our most intimate thought, that we most own, is bound by a thousand bonds to that of the world. And he who speaks, he who writes is essentially someone speaking for all those who are voiceless.

If Congress refuse to listen to and grant what women ask, there is but one course left then to pursue. What is there left for women to do but to become the mothers of the future government?

Why is a woman to be treated differently? Woman suffrage will succeed, despite this miserable guerilla opposition.

Adoptee rights are everyone's rights, and they deserve to be protected.

If the system were designed to protect adoptees, why do so many have to fight for their rights?

If you would win a man to your cause, first convince him that you are his sincere friend.

We support Hillary [Clinton]. We're saying that strongly. "I'm with her," I don't think that we can be any less strident. She's the best person for the job.