Quotes About Advocacy

Community-betterment organizations like the League of United Latin American Citizens reacted to rampant discrimination against their members by insisting that society treat Latinos as whites.

The proposal is bound to sound odd or frightening or laughable. This is partly because until the rightless thing receives its rights, we cannot see it as anything but a thing for the use of "us"—those who are holding rights at the time.

is no answer to say that streams and forests cannot have standing because streams and forests cannot speak. Corporations cannot speak, either; nor can states, estates, infants, incompetents, municipalities, or universities. Lawyers speak for them.

It is no answer to say that streams and forests cannot have standing because streams and forests cannot speak. Corporations cannot speak, either; nor can states, estates, infants, incompetents, municipalities, or universities. Lawyers speak for them.

Once the world made her an emblem, she lost the luxury of standing for herself. She has never been a champion of the cause, except in the daily life she leads. The cause has sought her out, transposing all her keys.

The Holy Spirit is always entirely for us, more than we are for ourselves, it seems. She speaks in our favor against the negative voices that judge and condemn us. This gives us all such hope—now we do not have to do life all by ourselves, or even do life perfectly "right.

We speak with one voice," Walt said. "Especially on this matter. No one hurts Sadie Kane.

I will not have a sea creature destroyed, if I can help it. And I can help it.

Pro tip: If you're attacked by a creep, it's never your fault. Tell somebody.

The purpose of influence is to speak up for those who have no influence. (Pr.31:8) It's not about you.

All that is necessary for the forces of evil to win in the world is for enough good women to do nothing. The

Lily was a Fabian, a society suffragette who risked nothing

If you knew about something that was locked up in a cage, something big and beautiful that was locked away unfairly, for no good reason, and you had the key to the cage, would you let it go?

If you are not for yourself, who will be for you? If you are only for yourself, what are you? If not now, when? –Rabbi Hillel

All for owls and owls for all!

our objective at trial is not the ultimate truth but an opinion in our favour.

I don't know what a hard-ass feminist is. I'm a feminist, which only means that I think men and women deserve equal treatment. Hardly a groundbreaking concept. But I'm sure you're about to give an example of where I failed in that.

One thing both my parents agree on is this: if people are doing something unfair, it's part of our job to remind them what's fair, even if sometimes it still doesn't turn out the way we want it to.

We have never made a gain, in civil rights, without pressure

We've been campaigning for equality, and this is not it. If we fall for this ruse we'll be on the sidelines for another generation!" "It's

abrazaba cualquier causa perdida que apareciera en las noticias, desde el maltrato a los animales hasta el desarme nuclear.

proselytizers

Es peligroso para un pobre intentar defender sus derechos.

The fight for human rights is about speaking truth to power.