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Quotes About Advocacy

The NHS will last as long as there are folk left with faith to fight for it
~ Aneurin Bevan
The rights of every man are diminished when the rights of one man are threatened.
~ John F. Kennedy
I just use fashion as an excuse to talk about politics. Because I'm a fashion designer, it gives me a voice, which is really good.
~ Vivienne Westwood
I was a crown attorney in my home town in Nova Scotia, and I learned that victims of crime needed better laws to better protect them. I saw politics as a means to improve this protection for them.
~ Peter MacKay
I never intend to adjust myself to the madness of militarism.
~ Martin Luther King, Jr.
You can't say 'I don't do politics,' because silence is a political statement.
~ Tariq Ramadan
You get involved in politics because politics are a weapon to use in the cause of Islam.
~ Siraj Wahhaj
Everyone should have health insurance? I say everyone should have health care. I'm not selling insurance.
~ Dennis Kucinich
Teenagers have a legitimate voice. We deserve to have a seat at the table and a place in the conversation. We're not exempt from politics and social movements; we're affected by them.
~ Rowan Blanchard
Politics is social work with power.
~ Barbara Mikulski
I was raised to speak out about politics and the world around me. I would do it whether I was in the public or not. It is the way I was taught. The American way
~ Judy Collins
I'm not a leftist; I'm where the righteous ought to be.
~ Moses Coady
I engage with local politics because it affects people I love. And I engage in national politics because it affects people I love.
~ Shane Claiborne
I completely agree when there are actors who say, "Actors should stay out of politics. We're not politicians."
~ Jennifer Lawrence
Women's sport helps break down a lot of barriers for women in other areas, whether in religion or politics.
~ Clare Balding
Politics is not left, right or center ... It's about improving people's lives.
~ Paul Wellstone
My parents were political, so it's definitely in my bones. Wherever I am, I always seem to get involved with politics. I think, once it's in your bloodstream, it's always there. I love it.
~ Saffron Burrows
With participation in politics so low at the moment I think Christians should ensure their views are represented at all levels and not leave it to others.
~ Iain Duncan Smith
I have strong views about South African politics and I still don't feel I need to make public statements.
~ Zola Budd
I care about politics just like any other citizen. I'm against the war in Iraq, or any type of war.
~ Enrique Iglesias
I am in politics because I have a strong belief in the equal worth of every child.
~ Ruth Kelly
Environmentalists needed to stop imagining that they were representing a thing called Nature or the Environment, separate from us (e.g. humans) in politics.
~ Ted Nordhaus
I'm just a socialist at heart.
~ Ted Turner
I've got to put forward a very strong conservative voice, advocate for conservative values and advocate for principle in politics to restore faith in politics.
~ Cory Bernardi