“It is not loving to impose our own grid onto others. We need to understand their situation and their needs accurately, and… — Matt Perman Copy Share Image
I think we're going to start to see a new model of civic advocacy where people get together once in a while… — Alex Steffen Copy Share Image
When it comes to fighting for progress in Boston, there's a long history of people in power trying to label advocacy and… — Michelle Wu Copy Share Image
What we are trying to do is to look at all of those resources and say, well, would they be better spent… — Jay Weatherill Copy Share Image
I mean, I enjoy my work as an actor. But to make a difference in people's lives through advocacy and through supporting… — Michael J. Fox Copy Share Image
When a good man lends himself to the advocacy of slavery, he must, at least for a time, feel himself to be… — Gerrit Smith Copy Share Image
Some land surveyors delve into land development advocacy, working with local government on behalf of clients in order to facilitate progress on… — Mark Mason Copy Share Image
While claiming advocacy, what hoaxers really exhibit is self-interest. Often, this is because there is only the self to support their false… — Kevin Young Copy Share Image
One must be wary of the view that these loose and diverse coalitions represent a new form of globalized participatory democracy. The… — Sylvia Ostry Copy Share Image
I profoundly admire Aldous Huxley, both for his philosophy and uncompromising sincerity. But I disagree with his advocacy of 'the chemical opening… — Arthur Koestler Copy Share Image
“The first - the most obvious (test of a true social entrepreneur) - is are they possessed, really possessed by an idea...… — Bill Drayton Copy Share Image
“Mom hadn't met Ramon; her advocacy was more arm's length - petitions, the website, letter writing, meetings with politicians. Her friend Hanna… — Robin Stevenson Copy Share Image
“A great lawyer listens first, speaks second, and always thinks strategically." "Effective lawyering is less about winning arguments and more about crafting… — Vorng Panha Copy Share Image
And here we come to the vital distinction between the advocacy of temperance and the advocacy of prohibition. Temperance and self-control are… — Felix Mendelssohn Copy Share Image
If you and I go into a store to rob it, and I say "shoot," that's not protected. Like all judicial decisions… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
I appreciate good criticism and I think it's really important. I don't like it when it's consumer advocacy, like how you should… — Adam Rapp Copy Share Image
Be a half-assed crusader, a part-time fanatic. Don't worry to much about the fate of the world. Saving the world is only… — Edward Abbey Copy Share Image
With my human rights advocacy, that's always been through my writing. I've always tried to write articles and contribute to journals and… — Randa Abdel-Fattah Copy Share Image
“It’s not by story alone that successful advocates urge others to take action. Advocating with our personal stories takes a specific kind… — John Capecci and Timothy Cage Copy Share Image
I think the scary thing is that there is in place already a sprawling infrastructure of advocacy groups, think tanks, academics and… — Jane Mayer Copy Share Image
“To save wildlife and wild places the traction has to come not from the regurgitation of bad-news data but from the poets,… — J. Drew Lanham Copy Share Image
For future Snowdens, we want to show there is an organization that will do what we did for Snowden - as much… — Sarah Harrison Copy Share Image
Making an independent documentary film is so hard that usually, the usual model is that your film becomes a model for advocacy,… — Tim Hetherington Copy Share Image
“Denying the facts is what enables people to hate and to persecute marginalized and threatened minority groups. Labeling the advocacy, educational and… — Christina Engela Copy Share Image
“Entrepreneurial quality - is by far the toughest (criterion for a social entrepreneur).. For every one thousand people who are creative and… — Bill Drayton Copy Share Image
Sex workers are the last women police stand in to protect. Sex workers are the last people that room is made for… — Melissa Gira Grant Copy Share Image
I use throughout the term 'liberal' in the original, nineteenth-century sense in which it is still current in Britain. In current American… — Friedrich August von Hayek Copy Share Image
Why do leaders fail? Isolation and inability to learn. They are afraid to express doubt, admit vulnerability or seek advice from subordinates.… — Robert S. Kaplan Copy Share Image
In his second term, [Ronald] Reagan completed the work of his first term - the rich got really rich, everything was deregulated,… — Kate Clinton Copy Share Image
“As a pregnant urologist,… I was often asked by hospital workers and physicians if I was going to circumcise the baby. I… — Adrienne Carmack Copy Share Image
My own doctrine of organization is that any body of people coming together for a purpose (whatever it may be) should consist… — Benton MacKaye Copy Share Image
That we suffer so much today under whatsoever flag we live is proof positive that constitutions and laws, when framed by the… — Marcus Garvey Copy Share Image
In response to the advocacy of groups like Mothers Against Drunk Driving, most states adopted tougher laws to punish drunk driving. Numerous… — Michelle Alexander Copy Share Image
“We EDS patients are accustomed to being doctors’ first cases of something in virtually every medical specialty. We’re just as used to… — Michael Bihovsky Copy Share Image
There isn't much point arguing about the word "libertarian." It would make about as much sense to argue with an unreconstructed Stalinist… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
It may be hard to remember how difficult it was for people to talk about HIV/AIDS back in the 1980's and because… — Hillary Clinton Copy Share Image