Quotes about Advocacy

I swore never to be silent whenever and wherever human beings endure suffering and humiliation. We must always takes sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented.

A majority, perhaps as many as 75 percent, of abortion clinics are in areas with high minority populations. Abortion apologists will say this is because they want to serve the poor. You don't serve the poor, however, by taking their money to terminate their children.

Weary of wily politicians who say one thing and do another, voters and advocacy groups insist presidential contenders commit to the cause du jour in writing, but candidates are foolish to comply. Words matter.

I never get involved in policy. Never.

Women have learned to flex their political muscles. You got to flex that muscle to get what you want.

The Bible has been the Magna Carta of the poor and of the oppressed.

If you believe - which I do - that acting is a bit like advocacy for your character, then of course I want to find the positive points.

The only thing that really depresses me is animal cruelty.

My love is political. My body is political. I talk even when I don't speak.

I support women, men, anybody who is in a place that's not their strongest and who is ready to push forward.

Even one voice can be heard loudly all over the world in this day and age.

I just love to defend!