“If you believe in a cause, be willing to stand up for that cause with a million people or by yourself.” — Otis S. Johnson Copy Share Image
“Justice is not simply argued — it is meticulously prepared, strategically presented, and fearlessly defended.” — Millennium Chambers Copy Share Image
“Great literature will insist upon its self-sufficiency in the face of the worthiest causes” — Harold Bloom Copy Share Image
“Everybody has the right to form their own opinion and read what they like and come to their own conclusion about it...… — Philip Pullman Copy Share Image
“The enormity of problems like hunger and social injustice can certainly motivate us to act. We can be convinced logically of the… — John Capecci and Timothy Cage Copy Share Image
From the right, you get demagogues shouting about brown-skinned anchor babies and clamoring to deport the undocumented. From the left, you get… — Eric Liu Copy Share Image
Even the Declaration of Independence starts out all men are created equal, so I see my advocacy as part of an effort… — Ruth Bader Ginsburg Copy Share Image
When it comes to peace, we need to facilitate peace-makers' personal engagement and their genuine desire to bridge the gap between advocacy… — Widad Akrawi Copy Share Image
Government...may not be hostile to any religion or to the advocacy of no-religion; and it may not aid, foster, or promote one… — Abe Fortas Copy Share Image
The assertion of failure coming from such persons does not mean that Mr. Mill failed to promote the practical success of those… — Millicent Fawcett Copy Share Image
A strong State Department to me means a corps of career officials who believe that their job is to advocate America's interests… — John Bolton Copy Share Image
There's many law changes, policy changes I can point to. But a lot of my work has also been to name the… — Ayanna Pressley Copy Share Image
“An idea is like a play. It needs a good producer and a good promoter even if it is a masterpiece. Otherwise… — David Bornstein Copy Share Image
When I started doing these advocacy groups, it sort of propelled and compelled me to write songs, because otherwise I wasn't really… — Thao Nguyen Copy Share Image
Taylor Swift's dedication to advocacy at such a young age continues to inspire me, and I'm delighted to honor her as one… — Kerry Kennedy Copy Share Image
I'm sometimes asked why it is that for 30 years we seem to have trouble in the United States enforcing the rules… — Michael Chertoff Copy Share Image
There are so many intellectual and moral angels battling for rationalism, good citizenship, and pure spirituality; so many and such eminent ones,… — Aldous Huxley 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
“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
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
In the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, we did create Color of Change, an organization which focused on African-Americans in particular, because we… — Van Jones Copy Share Image
More conservative advocacy work often encourages portrayals of trans people as people who deserve rights. Deservingness, of course, corresponds to national racial,… — Dean Spade Copy Share Image
Andy and I decided to get married in August of 2014, and just 4 days after we married, he passed away. For… — Sarah McBride Copy Share Image
Because Mr. Mandelas early opponents invested so many resources into distorting the true nature of his advocacy, the singular historic moment millions… — Aberjhani Copy Share Image
Advocacy groups and voters are not wrong to push candidates to declare their position clearly on policy issues. That is good citizenship.… — Mark McKinnon 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
“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
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
“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
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
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
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
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
“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
“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
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
“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