Quotes About Advocacy

Do not listen to those who say there is nothing you can do to the very real and large social and environmental issues of our time.

Not being heard is no reason for silence.

I choose bold. I choose action. I choose what's right for the people. I choose to make a difference.

feminism is for everybody

To me, a feminist belong in the same category as a humanist or an advocate for human rights. I don't see why someone who's a feminist should be thought of differently.

Until you find something to fight for, you settle for something to fight against.

I'm not an environmentalist. I'm an Earth warrior.

Lawyers-a profession it is to disguise matters.

The artist...is the voice of the people.

Never be bullied into silence.

Nothing about us without us.

We must come to see with the distinguished jurist of yesterday that "justice too long delayed is justice denied."

Children cannot lobby and cannot vote. We must speak for them.

There's no doubt about it... I was born a feminist.

I too am compelled to carry the gospel of freedom beyond my particular hometown.

We had no alternative except that of preparing for direct action, whereby we would present our very bodies as a means of laying our case before the conscience of the local and national community.

My friends, I must say to you that we have not made a single gain in civil rights without determined legal and nonviolent pressure.

If I lived in a Communist country today where certain principles dear to the Christian faith are suppressed, I believe I would openly advocate disobeying these anti-religious laws.

The bottom line is that you only have the rights you fight for.

I raise my voice not so that i can shout, but so that those without a voice can be heard

Self-belief is not self-centred. We can only fight effectively for others if we already believe in ourselves.

What do you want to write? What gets your goat? What irks you to no length? If you could change the world with words, what would they be?

Once you witness an injustice, you are no longer an observer but a participant." ~ June Callwood.

What's the point of these demagogic campaigns if these hungry kids are still here on the road? All little ones deserve protection, food, love and peace.