Speaks Out Quotes - Page 8

• When we see others victimized we must speak out. We have to seek justice for everybody.

  Alveda King

  Justice, Speak

  Source: saynsumthn.wordpress.com

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• It's part of the reason I decided to speak out now. This was the tipping point for me. If it's O.K. for [David Petraeus ] to campaign for a job in the administration, then I'm going to campaign to get back out there, too.

  Paula Broadwell

  Jobs, Tipping, Administration

  Source: www.vanityfair.com

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• What I find really astonishing is how quiet everybody is in my industry. I mean, nobody in the entertainment business except for maybe a handful of people ever speak out about what's going on. Nobody takes a political stance or expresses an opinion.

  Madonna Ciccone

  Mean, People, Political

  Source: www.harpersbazaar.com

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• It's the idea held by generations of citizens who believed that America is a constant work in progress; who believed that loving this country requires more than singing its praises or avoiding uncomfortable truths. It requires the occasional disruption, the willingness to speak out for what's right, and shake up the status quo.

  Barack Obama

  Country, Singing, Praise

  "Barack Obama address on civil rights in Selma, Alabama - full text", www.theguardian.com. March 7, 2015.

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• I have seen firsthand how injustice gets overlooked when the victims are powerless or vulnerable, when they have no one to speak up for them and no means of representing themselves to a higher authority. Animals are in precisely that position. Unless we are mindful of their interests and speak out loudly on their behalf, abuse and cruelty go unchallenged.

  Desmond Tutu

  Mean, Animal, Abuse

  "Desmond Tutu On Animal Welfare: We Must Fight Injustice To Animals", www.huffingtonpost.com. December 27, 2013.

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• When we organize with one another, when we get involved, when we stand up and speak out together, we can create a power no government can suppress.

  Howard Zinn

  Government, Together We Can, Organize

  Howard Zinn (2013). “A Power Governments Cannot Suppress”, p.16, City Lights Books

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• You cannot be afraid to speak up and speak out for what you believe. You have to have courage, raw courage.

  John Lewis

  Believe, Speak, Have Courage

  Twitter post from Jul 16, 2014

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• I feel a real sense of duty to use the voice and the platform I've been afforded by my fame to speak out for those whose voices don't get a chance to be heard.

  Shakira

  Real, Voice, Use

  "Glamour's February Cover Star, Shakira, Tells Us: "I'm Not on Earth Just to Shake It and Shake It Endlessly" By Jason Sheeler, www.glamour.com. January 7, 2014.

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• 'Never again' is the rallying cry for all who believe that mankind must speak out against genocide.

  Jon Corzine

  Believe, Rallying Cry, Genocide

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• I don't see that there is a credible threat for American action - the rhetoric of the U.S. President is too vague, very amorphous. I don't see that Obama's words will be translated into more tangible intentions and therefore this is probably why the Iranians don't take it seriously. They speak out against it and they dismiss it.

  Tzachi Hanegbi

  Israel, President, Tangible

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• Sometimes if you have very confident people, you have to tell them please, be polite, there are other players are good enough as you and you should never speak out of an orchestra.

  Kurt Masur

  Player, People, Orchestra

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• Then they came for the socialists, and I did not speak out - because I was not a socialist.

  Martin Niemoller

  Talking, Holocaust, Human Rights

  Martin Niemöller (1986). “Exile in the Fatherland: Martin Niemöller's Letters from Moabit Prison”

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• If you see something wrong, if you speak out...you can change it.

  Ethel Kennedy

  Speak, Ifs

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• If no one speaks out for [young readers], if they don’t speak out for themselves, all they’ll get for required reading will be the most bland books available. Instead of finding the information they need at the library, instead of finding novels that illuminate life, they will find only those materials to which nobody could possibly object... In this age of censorship I mourn the loss of books that will never be written, I mourn the voices that will be silenced — writers’ voices, teachers’ voices, students’ voices — and all because of fear.

  Judy Blume

  Teacher, Book, Reading

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• Hearing the Beastie Boys speak out against sexism made me feel like if these men who had once sung about getting girls to 'do the laundry' and 'clean up my room' could understand, maybe the rest of the world would follow suit. It made me hopeful in the best way.

  Jessica Valenti

  Girl, Boys, Men

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• Stand up, speak out, and be bold. Screw political correctness. Never let them tell you to sit down and shut up.

  Sarah Palin

  Political, Politics, Down And

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• I grew up in a culture in which it was a sin for a woman to speak out.

  Terry Tempest Williams

  Culture, Sin, Grew Up

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• I'm very grateful for the platform that I've had in my life to speak out about the things I care about.

  Anne Heche

  Grateful, Care, Platforms

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• I like that Ben & Jerry's is willing to speak out about social and political issues that aren't always safe - but are the right thing to do.

  Jerry Greenfield

  Issues, Political, Safe

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• And my approach has always been to stand up and speak out on behalf of the economic rights of people.

  Dennis Kucinich

  Rights, People, Economic

  "Interview with Representative Dennis Kucinich". "The John King, USA Show", www.realclearpolitics.com. December 30, 2011.

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• I've always been me. I've always been very direct and have told the truth and have been very willing to stand up and speak out.

  Bev Perdue

  Willing, Has Beens, Direct

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• One of the reasons I continue to speak out is that the solutions to the counterterrorism problem involve other parts of the national security community - especially other elements of the Department of Defense, State, FBI, Homeland Security and the staff.

  John Poindexter

  Community, Defense, Elements

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• My opposition to the Vietnam War. I was the first Hollywood actor to speak out against it.

  Robert Vaughn

  War, Hollywood, Vietnam

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• My friend's granddad died of prostate cancer and it had a profound effect on me. So when I was presented with the opportunity to speak out, I had to take it. This is a life threatening issue for men, it happens every day. The more you know the better your chances are of dealing with it if the worst were to happen.

  Tristan Wilds

  Cancer, Opportunity, Men

  "'90210' star Tristan Wilds poses nude in Cosmopolitan UK for cancer awareness" by Cristina Everett, www.nydailynews.com. July 08, 2011.

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• I am not a national leader. If I am a national leader I can speak out all that I want.

  Ban Ki-moon

  Leader, Want, Ifs

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