Advocate Quotes

Teachers are taking a stand to protect and advocate for our students' learning conditions, for our bargaining rights and for public education.

Garang's death impacts the peace process in northern Uganda because he was a strong advocate for a comprehensive solution for the north.

I would say Chris is a very intelligent, aggressive tax advocate, and it would be great if every community had someone like him.

The other irony is that Roberts is a lifelong advocate of federalism and states' rights. Like his mentor, Rehnquist, he has a narrow view of the commerce clause.

If there is a Fourth Estate function, if the press is supposed to be an advocate watching out for the public interest, then cases like these merit the attention.

At no time did I advocate going out of state, out of county to make these purchases if they're available.

It's not something we advocate people doing. This is a prolific and dangerous robber that we're very happy to have behind bars.

Mark was trusted by Labor as a thinker, as a formidable parliamentarian, as a moving advocate of Labor's great ideals. But almost more than this, Labor put its faith in Mark Latham because the caucus wanted to register its protest about the corrosion of its internal culture. In electing Mark, Labor caucus said to the world and to itself that it wanted to change for the better. And I believe it has.

[Bush accused the Syrian government of taking] disturbing steps ... for serving as an advocate for democratic reform.

[Trudeau brushes off critics. He fancies himself a Ralph Nader -style consumer advocate fighting big business and government.] Natural cures have been a passion of mine for a long time, ... I'm talking about things that no one wants to admit.

His position now almost requires that he become China's chief advocate for the rule of law and for limitations on the power of the Chinese Communist Party.

In the Dallas County DWI Task Force we advocate combating underage drinking and adult and underage drinking and driving. We have worked closely with the Dallas Police Department and police departments across the state to create tougher laws that will combat drinking problems.

She has been a forceful advocate of conservative legal principles and judicial restraint throughout her career.

This statistical manipulation of the vote amounts to a prize to those who advocate violence.

What we need is a really strong, powerful advocate in a key position to advocate change, and we've lacked that.

We advocate that religious figures should not interfere with politics.

State and local leaders advocate treating businesses equally whether they sell goods in a local store, on the phone, or over the Internet. Federal legislation should not create a protected class of taxpayers at the expense of Main Street and other taxpayers.

a great advocate for social justice . . . she fights for affordable housing, civil rights and economic empowerment.

When you do that devil's advocate kind of thing, you certainly have to be able to touch on both sides of the topic, and I think that's maybe the most important part of this whole issue, is being fair to both sides. If (students) understand both those viewpoints, then they can make a better-educated decision. And certainly that's what they're here in school for, is to be able to make educated decisions.

As a consumer advocate in the death care arena, Everest does not sell funeral goods or services, nor does it receive third-party commissions.

Berry has been a persistent advocate for equal rights for over thirty years. In her public service, and as a scholar and activist, she has stood firmly for an end to discrimination based on gender, race and sex.

Pete Sessions now has a responsibility to explain why he became an advocate for Malaysia after this trip, whereas before he had shown no interest at all.

It provides an extra on-call sexual assault advocate for 24 hour emergency calls to the Women?s Center.

He's raised his own children to have that sensibility, to advocate for people who cannot advocate for themselves, ... We continue to be so fortunate that Jim has dedicated his life to the Arc.

The court's rulings validate that individual public school employees have the right to advocate for better salaries, benefits, working conditions and employment contracts for all public school employees.