Quotes about Advocacy

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.

In Psalm 72, Solomon prays for power and fame but he says the purpose of influence is to speak up for others and one is the immigrant. He doesn't delineate between legal and illegal.

God loves and defends those with the least economic and social power, and so should we.

We can't afford not to educate girls and give women the power and the access that they need.

I join the March for Life in Washington with my prayers. May God help us respect all life, especially the most vulnerable.

As Martin Luther King Jr. once said, "Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.

God Almighty has set before me two Great Objects: the supression of the Slave Trade and the Reformation of Manners.

Use your knowledge, and your heart, to stand up for those who can't stand, speak for those who can't speak, be a beacon of light for those whose lives have become dark.

I've been fighting my entire adult life for men and women everywhere to be equal and to be different. But there is one right I would not grant anyone. And that is the right to be indifferent.

I've been fighting my entire adult life for men and women everywhere to be equal and to be different. But there is one right I would not grant anyone. And that is the right to be indifferent.