Quotes about Advocacy

In any human-rights campaign, everybody must do what they can.

But my father also supported human rights, freedom and self-determination for all people, including Latino agricultural workers, Native Americans, and the millions of impoverished white men and women who were treated as second-class citizens.

With The King Center as her base, my mother pressed on to fulfill a role that changed lives and legislation. She was a woman who refused to surrender the reigns of what she knew to be her assignment, even when male civil rights and business leaders tried to convince her that she should leave the work of building her husband's legacy to them.

It's been the same story ever since I can remember, ever since Wilson - the Republicans don't do a thing for the little man.

Give a wise man an honest brief to plead and his eloquence is no remarkable achievement.

Men in prison are "civilly dead" and have no claim to any say in policy.

What's important for my daughter to know is that... if you are fortunate to have opportunity, it is your duty to make sure other people have those opportunities as well.

Mere praise of peace is easy and ineffective. What is needed is acitve participation in the fight against war and everything which leads to it.

I was once asked why I don't participate in anti-war demonstrations. I said that I will never do that, but as soon as you have a pro-peace rally, I'll be there.

The man does not live who is more devoted to peace than I am. None who would do more to preserve it.

The question is not if the candidate's heart is favorable to Christianity, but if he has Christ as his starting point even for politics, and will speak out His name!

I engage with local politics because it affects people I love. And I engage in national politics because it affects people I love.