Quotes About Advocacy

As a human rights issue, the effort to end violence against women becomes a government's obligation, not just a good idea.

Women have no government.

And think of how we challenged the idea of a male dominated Parliament with All-Women shortlists and made the cause of gender equality central to our government. We were right to do so.

I'm wondering if they haven't reported all the people with MS, because if all of the cases were reported, the government would have to step in and give more financial aid to us.

Government is never so noble as when it is addressing wrongs.

It became extremely important that we go and see the four heads of the governments, and the message was delivered, with the tea packets, to all these heads.

The Western governments will be encouraged and persuaded to deal with the real representatives and listen to the real voice of the Kurdish people.

This United States Government should go down to Mississippi and protect my people. That is what should happen.

Global climate change is real. The legislative branch of our government is our last line of defense against pollution which is why I am so grateful to have the NRDC making our voice heard.

Tell the Government, our people shall not starve.

I proclaim publicly that I favor ending government involvement in education.

A newly elected representative quickly discovers that his job in government-aside from making new laws-is to act as a broker, middleman, special pleader and finagler.

We have to demand that governments live up to their promises and make education a reality for every child.

So then because some towns in England are not represented, America is to have no representative at all. They are our children; but when children ask for bread we are not to give a stone.

I'm glad my name stands for the principle that everyone has the right to force the government to justify his imprisonment.

I am a strong believer in grass roots communities, but I also believe government resources, when available, should be equally available to all people.

I left the government because I saw the only way to get family planning moving, was to do it outside the government. I was never disillusioned with government.

A government is one that thinks and hears the voice of the poor. A government must live for the poor.

Environmental regulation looked like it was going to be under serious attack, and they were giving all of those speeches about getting government off people's backs.

Governments exist to protect the rights of minorities. The loved and the rich need no protection - they have many friends and few enemies.

The great responsibility that we have today is to put the poor and the near poor back on front of the American agenda.

The great presidents are people who watch out for others.

A building that has great environmental responsibility is a political animal in a way because it becomes promotional of a cause. I think that kind of advocacy through architecture is really good.

I think it's really great when you stand up for something that you really believe, even if you get heat for it.