Speaking up for America has become a lonely ordeal.

I have no interest in writing, generally speaking, about America at all - even if it does continue to terrify me.

— Peter Carey

“America is a lonely crock of shit...”

— Jack Kerouac

“Speaking up is important. Yet to speak up without listening is like banging pots and pans together: Even if it gets you attention, it’s…

— Gina Barreca

“To say nothing is saying something. You must denounce things you are against or one might believe that you support things you really do…

— Germany Kent

I am glad to see the wheels are moving at last toward comprehensive immigration reform after last year's election. I am glad that immigrants…

— Andrew Lam

My seat has been the seat of kings, and I will have no rascal to succeed me.

— Elizabeth I

“Let today mark a new beginning for you. Give yourself permission to say NO without feeling guilty, mean, or selfish. Anybody who gets upset…

— Stephanie Lahart

It's very often the artist who gives a voice to the voiceless by speaking up when no one else will.

— Barbra Streisand

I did not have any problem with speaking up because my mother, my family, my grandmother, my aunt - I grew up in a…

— Ava DuVernay

I was raised on the values of speaking up and making a positive difference in a very political family that believed in the importance…

— Scott McClellan

In order to create an alternative an oppressed group must at once shatter the self-reflecting world which encircles it and, at the same time,…

— Sheila Rowbotham

It's a very scary time for a lot of people; they feel scared to speak up. There's so much controversy even speaking up about…

— Lauren Jauregui

I believe it is the responsibility and duty of those in high-profile positions to give a voice to people whose voices cannot be heard.

— Donatella Versace

You can be the outcast or be the backlash of somebody's lack of love. Or you can start speaking up.

— Sara Bareilles

Whether that's speaking up in your job or asking for a promotion or saying, 'I think I can do that.' Using your voice in…

— Maria Shriver