Advocating Quotations

Let me be clear: I am not an advocate of censorship.

I have looked on scenery as a strange and on scenery more grand, but on scenery at once so strange and so grand I have never looked and probably never shall again.

I am aware that in presenting myself as the advocate of the Indians and their rights, I shall stand very much alone.

Let me be clear: There is no stronger advocate for civil liberties in the Senate than myself.

Screw them. Yeah. But not literally. I'm not advocating promiscuity.

No man should advocate a course in private that he's ashamed to admit in public.

The problem is that Americans use the state as a moral compass. For libertarians, it is often frustrating to explain that advocating the decriminalization of x is not synonymous with endorsing x.

Most Americans are fiscally conservative and socially liberal. I'm advocating a balanced budget. But along with that, look, there should be gay marriage equality. A woman should have the right to choose. Let's not build a fence across the border.

I am not unaware how unpopular on this floor are the sentiments I am about to advocate.

Denounce me for advocating freedom if you can, and I will bear your curse with a better resignation.

I have been very strongly advocating that poverty must not be used as an excuse to continue child labour. It perpetuates poverty. If children are deprived of education, they remain poor.

What free-market economists are not telling us is that the politics they want to get rid of are none other than those of democracy itself. When they say we need to insulate economic policies from politics, they are in effect advocating the castration of democracy.

I've always tried to be fair, even-handed, not an advocate for any group.

Yet habit - strange thing! what cannot habit accomplish?

Our universities advocate fragmentation in their course systems.

Throughout my years championing for civil rights, analyzing politics and advocating on behalf of the voiceless, I am disturbed the most when harmless children suffer because of politics or detrimental policies.

The quick success was a bit strange to get used to.

Now we're in the midst of not just advocating for change, not just calling for change - we're doing the grinding, sometimes frustrating work of delivering change - inch by inch, day by day.

We are advocating that they do stay in school and that their parents come to the march. Those are the future leaders. They need to be educated.

We are advocating fair play at the Asian Cup. Every team has the right to compete on common ground so let's finish the tournament on a real high.

We're not advocating speed bumps. The Ranchos is a shortcut and a speedway. Somebody is going to get killed, hurt or wrecked. The so-called squeaky wheel is what we are. I'm saying we need something.

We're not advocating backing up a van of cheetahs and letting them go near Tucson.

We did 'Jack & Bobby' in the middle of the Kerry/Bush election. It hurt it a little bit. No matter what we did, everyone thought we were advocating for one person over the other. The stuff I work on is more about the people.

We live in a strange bubble.

There are very few people advocating for the poor in this state or in the country. Poor people have no voice.

The only people advocating the Type IV change, that's the type of construction material, in that legislation were the three of us, that I'm aware of. At the time, Pruitt, he had the committee; he had the bill that was going to be settled in (a joint House-Senate) conference. So when that language was inserted it was a conference item and it stayed in the bill at his doing.

Sen. Nelson has been strongly advocating the replacement vehicle be assembled at the Cape because from his view it is the right way to do it.

Senator Frist is a good man, he's simply advocating a bad policy.

Since they are advocating for a problem, if there are things that would make the problem disappear, sometimes unknowingly they continue to advocate and they don't embrace the things that would actually solve the problem,

Mote's function is doing the research, not advocating which (method) can or cannot be used but which is most effective, and which has adverse effects on the environment.

No one is advocating that these folks shouldn't be served. They need to be served. These families are certainly under lots of stress, especially when trying to care for a severely disabled child.

New Yorkers should know that no one in the Administration, at the Department of Defense, or at the Selective Service System is advocating the reinstatement of the mandatory draft in any form.

One of the problems we're facing is, in my view, that there are no globalized, youth-led, grassroots social movements advocating for democratic culture across Muslim-majority societies.

If they start advocating tax rises and take a stand against nuclear power, there will start to be serious resistance. It's fine if the whole project seems to be working; people who're upset will shut up. But if it's not working, it could really become a serious problem.

If they were really interested in reducing the number of abortions they would be advocating for the increased access to family planning services, contraceptives and education.

I'd like to see more crossover between white and black music. That's something I've been advocating for years.

CBS has no problem with airing commercial after commercial advocating the consumption of fried chicken, pork sausage and fast-food burgers, even though eating these products are making Americans fat, sick and boring in bed.

Basically they are advocating for a separate nation within a nation.

I have spent all my life advocating on behalf of the poor, oppressed and marginalized. As a social justice and human rights activist, and now as President of the Republic of Malawi, I have a deep appreciation for the challenges of those on the margins of society.

I fought for Texas teachers' Social Security benefits by advocating the amendment to the Teacher Social Security Protection Act that protected them.

I don't think people have the right to be angry, if they look at the whole thing. But if they get a selective part of my comment, I can see why they would be angry. If somebody thought I was advocating that, they ought to be angry. I would be angry.

I get discouraged when the media call terrorists freedom fighters. They think they are championing the underdog. But terrorists are not the underdog, they are brain-washed killers. The true freedom fighters are the brave moderate Arab voices who risk their life speaking and advocating peace and freedom.

I absolutely believe they should have recess. I'm a liaison for the school, and I'm the one who's advocating for recess.

Karl Rove is a great guy in terms of developing issues for a campaign, but he's not done well on advocating policy in a governance setting. The job is diminished, but he probably doesn't mind that. He's a racehorse in a campaign.

I think the issues will be the creation of a Palestinian state, advocating letting children sue their parents, advocating socialized medicine -- all the positions that the first lady has taken over the years, ... Meet The Press." ()

I think that most of us on the project feel comfortable in advocating caution in our trade agreements.

I think those groups should be investigated by the FBI as hate groups and as domestic terrorists, ... They've been showing up at our meetings and causing property damage and advocating violence.

I will not waver from advocating policy that discourages expectations of higher core inflation. The object will always be to keep inflation at bay, so that the American business machine can keep on humming.

Just as he lived on his own terms, advocating for the rights of human beings, the rights of those who were forgotten or ignored, from victims of rape in Africa, to the homeless on streets worldwide, he chose to move into a more abundant life, not from a hospital bed, but from his home in Vatican City. Today I, along with so many Americans, continue to pray for Pope John Paul II.

I think every big town should contain artificial waterfalls that people can descend in very fragile canoes, and they should contain bathing pools full of mechanical sharks. Any person found advocating a preventive war should be condemned to two hours

Rep. Kingston and I have a vision to reduce dependence on oil. We are not advocating radical change; instead we want to encourage oil-saving technologies.

Particularly the rhetoric they use around the things like marriage, where instead of advocating for fairness and inclusion, they actually advocate discrimination.

Some of the things students did here, and did it in their careers, it would be a career-ender. It's a good time to learn it. I'm not advocating breaking the law, but if you have that, let's take a teachable moment here; help them learn to do better.

We're advocating for a remedy for the situation we have for this country.

We're always doing something. We publicize every semester and every year. The representatives for center are sometimes advocating on the Set.

We have too long been advocating changes. It's on our most-wanted list. This is a tragedy that should not have happened.

The overall tech market is overvalued a good 5 to 10 percent. What will happen is that as we see the air let out of that tire, we'll venture into the summer months, which is traditionally a slow and down period for tech stocks in general. So we're advocating sitting on the sidelines until September.

We still have serious concerns, starting with the lack of a phase in approach being used. We will still be advocating for the interests of Washington County consumers in the same way under AEP as we did under (Allegheny) Power.

We're trying to get the Office of Fraternity and Sorority Life to buy a bunch of them and distribute them. We're advocating them because they're visible, and fraternities can immediately implement them. They also show the University community that fraternity brothers are working to ensure the safety of their guests.

There are many organizations and individuals advocating for the public interest online - what's good for ordinary people - but other interests are more numerous and powerful than they are. I want that to change. And that's what I want to do next.

We have been advocating energy saving for years but it has remained only a slogan because of a lack of a supervising system.

We don't advocate our students to break any law in any way, shape or form, but our students are advocating a change in the law and we want to support their right to advocate for the policy change they desire. We're not here to tell them what to think.

We keep our volunteers pretty safe in that way since there are so many domestic terrorists here that are advocating open borders,

We're not necessarily advocating for shows to be canceled. Our preference is that they tone it down.

We will never accept Taiwan independence, and will uncompromisingly oppose and keep in check secessionist forces advocating Taiwan independence and their activities.

We've been advocating that this year in order to avoid people going into nursing homes. We think that if we had more home- and community-based services funded in this state that would prevent much more costly expenditures down the road.

very publicly lobbying the Congress of the United States advocating the use of terror.

There's no evidence not to drink in moderation, but we are not ready to be advocating this either.

These are the staff members that will be writing the next spending bill for Katrina Relief. These staff members will be advocating and lobbying for the relief funds.

I've been advocating it as far back as 1994-95.

People ask me a lot, 'Well, can you be pro-life and be feminist? Can you be conservative and be feminist?' And I think that, yeah, maybe personally you can be those things. But I think if you're advocating for legislation, or if you're fighting to limit other women's rights, then you can't really call yourself a feminist.

advocating that the city be abandoned or relocated.

Advocating obnoxiously is not a crime. You will hear that Kevin was very passionate about animal rights - treating animals with kindness and respect and without unnecessary cruelty. Kevin is being persecuted for these very beliefs.

Deportation is a decision taken by the home secretary under statute, ... The new grounds will include fostering hatred, advocating violence to further a person's beliefs, or justifying or validating such violence.

The upper hand is with those who are pushing regime change rather than those who are advocating more diplomacy.

This is a defining moment. The Republican Party came to power in 1995 by advocating limited government. But in the last four to five years, there has been no evidence that the Republican officials in the federal government have any remaining commitment to this vital principle.

A major concern is that this commission already dominated by Idaho -- a state long-opposed to the restoration of the 1,500-square-mile basin -- will overwhelm Washington state, the Coeur d'Alene Tribe and others advocating the cleanup of mine wastes.

It should be time for a fresh look. We need to level the playing field and clean house. People's careers have been wrong, advocating that it is the deer.

The notion that there is something improper about advocating your client's position is kind of strange.

The bill would stop teachers from advocating controversial issues in classrooms, but they would still be able to discuss issues.

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Smart energy policies will be a boon for Michigan's economy and its consumers and the environment. That's why we are advocating for smart energy policies here in the state. The first smart step begins with a concerted investment in energy policies.

In January 1776, Thomas Paine issued 'Common Sense,' advocating independence from Great Britain.

I'm not advocating your candidacy at this juncture, but I would like to have the town commission have the ability to include you in the candidate pool if you were so inclined.

I'm not advocating we take the first pitch every time we walk up there. But, if you're going to take a swing at a first pitch, have it be a really good swing. If we keep preaching that, there won't have to be a whole lot said if you make a weak out on a marginally bad first pitch. It's not the way you play winning baseball.

I'm not advocating we should all be back in the kitchen and cooking all the time, because life's too short and we've got more interesting things to do. But to rediscover the intense pleasure of making a cake and putting it down on the table is ridiculously satisfying, out of all proportion to the work.

I'm not advocating taking a ball on the first pitch every time up there. A couple of times (yesterday), the first pitch was there, and we swung at it. But I'm continuing to see these guys take smart approaches to hitting, and that's encouraging.

I'm not advocating not using Kelly, but I feel like they dropped the ball and we dropped the ball by not doing anything ... .

I know the difference between enacting and enforcing the law, ... It means advancing the nation's interest, not advocating my personal interest.

If I were an adviser, I'd tell the president to quit talking principles and present a plan. Get a specific plan and start advocating it.

If she is advocating for a positive healthcare agenda, it's not getting through to the governor. We were hoping for more progress.

If you are advocating a spending increase or a tax cut somewhere, you have got to find an offset to pay for it to maintain that balance.

In six short months, this administration, after advocating a tax cut that was too large and after putting belief in a 10-year estimate of revenue, have put us in the bad old days of raiding every trust fund in sight,

His long record in the Senate is one of advocating policies that would weaken our national security.

I come from a pretty strange family.

We've all got strange things about us and Lynch picks those things up.

Chairman Levitt is advocating a responsible approach to investing. Whether you are investing via the Internet, over the telephone or in person, you need to understand your choices and risks before acting.

He's the one who's been advocating a move toward a currency board, concentrating foreign exchange earnings and doing a variety of things, including an across-the-board tax cut,

I am not advocating a pull-out but if British soldiers are putting their lives on the line for a cause which is not supported by the Iraqi people then we have to ask the question, 'what are we doing there?'

You never really know until you put the movie in front of an audience. I am a big advocate of screenings, which are getting harder and harder to do nowadays.