Quotes About Advocacy

Nobody ever recommended a dictatorship aiming at ends other than those he himself approved. He who advocates dictatorship always advocates the unrestricted rule of his own will

Where is the line? We're taught to stand up for ourselves; we're taught to stand up for others we care about. But all of a sudden, there's a new line drawn by the law. You sit back, it says, and let us deal with this.

having someone with you when you die should not be a privilege but a right.

Mothers are supposed to be their children's biggest cheerleaders. Mothers are supposed to believe in their children, no matter what. Mothers will lie to themselves, if necessary, to do this.

Louie believed that those white men with their signs and slogans were not really there for the unborn, but there for the women who carried them. They couldn't control women's sexual independence. To them, this was the next best thing.

As it turns out, public defenders are less Superman and more Sisyphus, and there's no small number of lawyers who wind up crushed under the weight of the infinite caseloads and the crappy hours and the shitty pay.

A trial, it often came down to who had the best story.

If you take away anything from this novel, I hope it is an awareness of the cognitive and emotional intelligence of these beautiful animals—and the understanding that it is up to all of us to protect them.

Yeah, things are better for blacks and women and gays, but it was the blacks and women and gays that did it, not fuck-ups like this bunch. Whites and straights came along to give help, all right, after the blacks said 'enough' and got their heads busted, and it's the same for the gays and the women. The whites and straights, they control things, and they could have changed it anytime.

No woman has to be a victim of physical abuse. Women have to feel like they are not alone.

There has been a reevaluation of our slave philosophy that permitted us to be satisfied with the leftovers at the back door rather than demand a full serving at the family dinner table

Standing up for a friend means that if someone was talking about you or your friends you will do something about it.

Never befriend the oppressed unless you are prepared to take on the oppressor

They are not your friends, until they have defended you in your absence.

I am a friend of the working man, and I would rather be his friend than be one

Abuse a man unjustly, and you will make friends for him.

Dear Board of Education, so are we...

Stand up for what is right, regardless of who is committing the wrong.

Not all people are gallant enough to speak for justice, and most of them remain silent on injustice.

I stood up to the liberal elite when they came to our state (Alabama) and tried to eliminate the death penalty, we won, they lost.

That led me to say that when push comes to shove, I'm against capital punishment.

Pray for the dead and fight like hell for the living.

I don't think there's anything immature about fighting for the underdog and fighting for people who don't have a voice. I have an intense desire to protect people who can't protect themselves.

I have an activist's desire to improve people's lives.