Quotes by Speaking Up There was no one left to speak for me. Martin Niemoller speaking-up bystanders nwo Speaking up for America has become a lonely ordeal. Maurice Saatchi speaking-up lonely america I have one thing in common with the emerging black nations of Africa: We both have voices, and we are discovering what we can do with them. Miriam Makeba speaking-up black voice Let's acknowledge the difference between speaking up with intention and speaking up for attention. Monica Lewinsky speaking-up differences attention We talk a lot about our right to freedom of expression, but we need to talk more about our responsibility to freedom of expression. We all want to be heard, but let's acknowledge the difference between speaking up with intention and speaking up for attention Monica Lewinsky speaking-up differences responsibility More women speaking up and seizing the helm of power can create its own momentum. It can change the culture that helps perpetuate those external forces. Nancy Birdsall speaking-up momentum culture Sometimes change comes not in the first round, but at the second, third or fourth. Change starts with one person questioning, challenging, speaking up and doing something to make a difference. We can each make a difference...because each of us is already part of the community where racism exists & thrives. Paul Kivel speaking-up differences racism [To the bishop who suggested the widowed queen now consider herself 'as married to Christ':] That's what I call twaddle! Queen Victoria speaking-up bishops queens There's something so healthy about young people speaking up in unity. Robbie Robertson speaking-up healthy people No president stays in town. They all decamp. They all leave. They go back somewhere. But Obama is gonna stay there, and there's one reason why. He's not going to sit quietly by... Let's say there's a Republican elected president. He's not gonna sit quietly by and let whatever he thinks he's accomplished be unraveled. He's gonna be speaking up often about what he disagrees with, and he knows he's gonna have the media in his back pocket. Rush Limbaugh speaking-up media thinking You can be the outcast or be the backlash of somebody's lack of love. Or you can start speaking up. Sara Bareilles lack-of-love speaking-up outcast I was raised on the values of speaking up and making a positive difference in a very political family that believed in the importance of public service. Scott McClellan speaking-up differences political 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, project its own image onto history. Sheila Rowbotham speaking-up self order Don't make it necessary for me to complain about you to Christ crucified. (There is no one else I can complain to, since there is no one greater than you on earth. St. Catherine of Siena speaking-up earth complaining I have often felt like I was the only one fighting against female genital mutilation. There is still a huge taboo surrounding the topic, because it involves the most private parts of the femaleĀ“s body. But whenever I feel like this is too much for me to do, I read e-mails and messages I receive every day from people thanking me for speaking up for them, for giving them a voice. These messages let me know that I am not alone, and that what I do is worthwhile. Waris Dirie speaking-up voice fighting I had a real feeling of being fated to be an actor and do my work, and I remember so much speaking up in a room full of people who authentically knew as much or more than me, and feeling like I was absolutely equal, and what I had to say was important. Zoe Kazan speaking-up real people «12