Quotes about Advocacy

Intercession, that is, intrusion into the courts of power on behalf of another, is central to the church's action in prayer.

When enough people care about autism or diabetes or global warming, it helps everyone, even if only a tiny fraction actively participate.

I'm a warrior for the middle class.

My job is not to represent Washington to you, but to represent you to Washington.

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.