Quotes About Advocacy

I think the personal relationships I established mattered in terms of what I was able to get done. And I did bring women's issues to the center of our foreign policy.

I think women want to take care of themselves, and I think having a voice in how that is done is very important.

There is a special place in hell for women who don't help other women.

The more extreme advocates from one side helped to validate the arguments of extremists on the other

there is aspecial place in hell for women who do not help other womem

There's a special place in hell reserved for women who don't help other women.

There is a special place in hell for women who do not help each other.

There's a special place in hell for women who don't help other women.

In my view, no country has the right to dictate to others how they should be governed; but we all have good reason to speak up on behalf of democratic values. Our support will not make a difference in all cases, but when we do make a difference, it should be in the direction of greater respect for the individual and improved governance for society.

no country has the right to dictate to others how they should be governed; but we all have good reason to speak up on behalf of democratic values

He's my client, and he's counting on me. I'll take him, warts and all.

I am motivated by thoughts of my sorrowful little client and the screwing that he got. I'm the only lawyer Donny Ray has, and it will take much more than paper to slow me down.

Some of our clients have not been saints, but no lawyer can dictate morals to his client.

And every defendant, regardless of how despicable the person or his crime, is entitled to a lawyer. Most laymen don't understand this and don't care. I don't care either. This is my job.

There's an old adage in bad trial lawyering that when you don't have the facts, do a lot of yelling.

Deck has reduced the Canons of Ethics to the Big Three: Fight for your client, don't steal, try not to lie.

Great trial lawyers aren't born; they're made. The great ones simply tell the jury a story...

It has taken me years to convince her that there are thousands of innocent people locked away.

Thirty-one real people were waiting for me to get food stamps, locate housing, file divorces, defend criminal charges, obtain disputed wages, stop evictions, help with their addictions, and in some way snap my fingers and find justice.

you start repeating what's already been said, as lawyers have a natural inclination to

They were lawyers, trained to argue five sides of every issue.

God help us, if ever in this great country we turn our heads while those who have not had fair trials are executed. That almost happened in this case.

Los juicios no siempre tienen que ver con agravios e injusticias; a veces se utilizan como púlpitos.

I've read everything, Mr. Hatch. Many times. My brother is facing death for crimes he did not commit. The least I can do is sweat the details and support him. And, obviously, I do have plenty of time.