Stand Up Against Quotes
28 quotes by 28 authors
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We stand against fate, as children stand up against the wall in their father's house, and notch their height from year to year. But when…
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
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The man who can face vilification and disgrace, who can stand up against the popular current, even against his friends and his country when he…
— Alexander Berkman
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I was shocked to find out that 1 in 4 women are affected by domestic violence at some point in their lifetime. So many women…
— Ugo Monye
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Women's Aid is a fantastic charity which has my full support. I am proud to call myself a Real Man, a man who will stand…
— Neil Fox
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I wanted to take part in the Women's Aid Real Man campaign because domestic violence affects so many women and children during their lifetime and…
— Duncan Bannatyne
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I have fought too hard and for too long against discrimination based on race and color not to stand up against discrimination based on sexual…
— John Lewis
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We cannot keep turning our backs on gay and lesbian Americans. I have fought too hard and too long against discrimination based on race and…
— John E. Lewis
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Children teach us to be courageous and to stand up against injustice.
— Marian Wright Edelman
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Real men don't buy girls-they protect them. We're recruiting real men who have the courage to stand up against this issue.
— Demi Moore
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The simple act of an ordinary courageous man is not to take part, not to support lies! Let that come into the world and even…
— Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
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You can take a handful of dollars, a good story, and people with passion and make a movie that will stand up against any $70…
— Jason Patric
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And how can poetry stand up against its new conditions? Its position is perfectly precarious.
— John Crowe Ransom
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People didn't have the political guts to stand up against an American war.
— George McGovern
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I think of it all as a test. This is a moral examination that one has to pass... to stand up against such social evils
— Kailash Satyarthi
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Martin Luther King challenged the conscience of my generation, and his words and his legacy continue to move generations to action today at home and…
— John F. Kerry
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To build a great company, which is a CEO's job, sometimes you have to stand up against conventional wisdom.
— Carly Fiorina
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I am the people, I'm not the pig. You got to make a distinction. And the people are going to have to attack the pigs.…
— Fred Hampton
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There is a point at which the law becomes immoral and unethical. That point is reached when it becomes a cloak for the cowardice that…
— Kurt Huber
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It required a strong heart to stand up against such talk, but I urged my people to be quiet and not to begin a war.
— Chief Joseph
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It is not easy to stand up against your constituents or your friends or colleagues or your community and take a tough stand for something…
— Caroline Kennedy
Who Wrote These Stand Up Against Quotes
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