Quotes About Speaking out

I am so proud of Pakistanis and specifically of our lawyers for speaking out and getting their heads bashed in for a better Pakistan.

Imagine if everyone spoke out about injustices. We would be in a better place, I think.

It's an artist's choice to speak up about social issues, but I think it's really important, and my favorite artists have spoken out.

There's no shame in speaking about mental illness. It's a very common problem in today's society, no matter if you're playing sports or working in another field. It's something that needs to be spoken about a lot more.

Just because of the #MeToo movement in Hollywood, after Oscar-winning actresses including Angelina Jolie came out and spoke against Harvey Weinstein, we also want to talk about something that has been happening in Bollywood for long; like several years ago, Mamta Kulkarni had spoken against filmmaker Rajkumar Santoshi.

I wanted to use my voice to address colourism because I am so aware of how awful it is and it is just something that needs to be spoken about.

To stand in silence when they should be protesting makes cowards of men.

When you see stuff that's wrong... it's just wrong, man. You gotta point that out.

Muslims must speak out and explain who they are, what they believe in, what they stand for, what is the meaning of their life. They must have the courage to denounce what is said and done by certain Muslims in the name of their religion.

When I started my first blog years ago, I just wanted to share my perspective. For a long time, models had been these mute pretty faces - and I wanted to have a voice.

Sometimes a person had to stand up and say enough was enough.

Since we live in an age in which silence is not only criminal but suicidal, I have been making as much noise as I can, here in Europe, on radio and television—in fact, have just returned from a land, Germany, which was made notorious by a silent majority not so very long ago.

Maybe it's because my uncle and my parents were always very involved with the civil rights movement, so I just grew up and I was raised that you have to speak out and look out for your fellow man, woman, and child.

Women need to be able to speak out if they are uncomfortable or something happened in the past that they were not comfortable with.

I don't mind expressing my opinions and speaking out against injustice. I would be doing this even if I wasn't a writer. I grew up in a household that believed in social justice. I have always understood myself as having an obligation to stand on the side of the silenced, the oppressed, and the mistreated.

If there was any great lesson in life it was this: No battle was ever won with silence.

I decided it is better to scream. . . . Silence is the real crime against humanity.

Somebody has to stand when other people are sitting. Somebody has to speak when other people are quiet.

I don't view Apple or myself as an activist. What we do is for some things where we think we have deep knowledge, or think we do, or a strong point of view, we're not shy. We'll stand up, speak out - even when our voice shakes.

It takes a tough, stand-up governor to stand up to the president of the United States - speaking out against the president, speaking out against his policies and, more than that, having actual policies that will help expand health care while... Trump is trying to diminish it for Illinois families.

I have always been of the opinion that when those in power are promoting actions and ideals that risk harming or impeding us, people should stand up to this.

As a human being, I do feel like it's my right to be able to stand up for and speak on whatever I want.

I tend to stand up and speak up when I see something dysfunctional happening.

You should never hold back in giving your opinion - it's important to always stand up for what you believe in and not just agree with those around you.