Quotes about Advocacy

Having an enemy gives you a great story to tell customers, too. Taking a stand always stands out. People get stoked by conflict. They take sides. Passions are ignited. And that's a good way to get people to take notice.

For animals that are overworked, underfed, and cruelly treated; for all wistful creatures in captivity that beat their wings against bars; for any that are hunted or lost or deserted or frightened or hungry; for all that must be put to death...and for those who deal with them we ask a heart of compassion and gentle hands and kindly words.

I would suggest that folks who have a platform of so-called celebrity, to the extent that they don't use that platform, or if they just use it for their own self-aggrandizement, it is certainly fed in a way that it goes to waste.

My task as a citizen is to get the government to do more good and less inefficient and wasteful work.

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

Orators are most vehement when their cause is weak.

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 believe that my work extending health care to women through Planned Parenthood is something that most people will respect and do respect.

I always have been an activist for things that were just authentically a part of my life, that I felt connected to.

I am here, a citizen of this country, and I'm saying, 'Hey, the system failed me. I am a good citizen. I contribute to this country, and here I am sharing my story. What are you going to do now?'

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.

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