Quotes About Advocacy

Black lives do matter. We cannot be afraid to say it, so I'll say it again: Black lives do matter.

Love is not a weak, spineless emotion; it is a powerful moral force on the side of justice.

The genesis of Public Interest Litigation in listening to the voice of the voiceless and giving access to the poor, the marginalised, and the weak is a unique experiment to be lauded.

Who needs the protection of the Bill of Rights most? The weak, the most vulnerable in society.

Orators are most vehement when their cause is weak.

If I were a Negro, I'd be fighting, as Martin Luther King fought, for human recognition and justice. I'd rather go down with my flag flying. If you're weak or crippled, or you can't speak out or fight back in some way, then people don't hesitate to treat you badly.

It is the right of government to protect the weak; it is the right of the weak to find in their courts fair treatment before the law.

I think the Democratic Party has the chronic problem of appearing to be weak, of not standing and fighting for what it believes in, not fighting for its own.

People often speak of God being even-handed. God is not even-handed. God is biased, in favor of the weak, of the despised.

I don't like to see people using their power over others, trying to hurt people who are weak or poor or people with darker skin or anyone who doesn't have as much privilege. It makes me so angry. I want to fight for people. I want to be able to make some kind of difference in the world.

To plead for the Oppress'd and to defend the Weak seem'd to me a generous undertaking; for tho' it may be secure, 'tis not always Honourable to run over to the strongest party.

I am advocating a weak yen to a certain extent.

The intense campaigns against domestic violence, rape, sexual harassment, and inequity in the schools all too often depend on an image of women as weak and victimized.

When I write, I have always tried to be on the side of the weak. The side of the powerful is not literature's side.

I want to convey to women across the globe that they aren't weak. They can fight for themselves and get justice.

Stand-your-ground laws are a favorite of the NRA gun lobby and their push to weaken our nation's gun laws.

We are a little messianic about our comic books! We feel like they deserve to be more legitimate, they deserve to get more attention, they deserve to have better placement, and they deserve to have a broader audience.

I get a lot of mud slung at me, and yes, I do take planes, but I feel that's my life. My life is to travel and also to speak out about the horrors of an environment that is being abused at the hands of an irresponsible oil company.

Defending the planet means changing the world.

The Democratic Party is always going to be the party of civil rights and fairness - everybody gets an equal, fair shot at the American dream. And we're going to be the party that really fights to protect planet Earth - enjoy whatever time we're going to get!

I hadn't planned on being an activist.

I will continue to work to maintain Planned Parenthood's ability to provide excellent health care to millions of women.

The women who walk into Planned Parenthood clinics come from every background, every political persuasion.

Opponents of legal birth control, including abortion, have tried for decades to play the race card, saying that legal abortion is racist. What they ignore is that Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. accepted the Margaret Sanger Award from Planned Parenthood in 1966.