Carmen Carrera Quotes

There are people who can look out for other human beings; there are people who can speak up when something is not right and say, 'This is wrong, and something should be done.'

A lot of the issues today may not affect us personally, but we can't stay in our comfort zone when it comes to protecting our brothers and sisters. We have to get out there and use our voices for them as well.

The cry of the oppressed has entered not only into my ears, but into my soul, so that while I live, I cannot hold my peace.

When you believe in something, fight for it. And when you see injustice, fight harder than you've ever fought before.

It's a matter of taking the side of the weak against the strong, something the best people have always done.

There may be times when we are powerless to prevent injustice, but there must never be a time when we fail to protest.

It's one thing to fight for what you believe in, another thing to fight for what others believe in.

If you're the person whose problems were solved when you were born, your job is to try and help the people who aren't in that situation. It's very easy to say you're tired of political discussion when all of your problems are solved. I keep trying to think of it that way.

I think I have a gene in me to always fight for the underdog, which I've done since I was a kid.

Katie Otto goes after stuff she doesn't feel is right, and she stands up for it. I do that too, just kind of in a slightly kinder way because I'm from the South.

You can only appreciate freedom when you find yourself in a position to fight for someone else's freedom and not worry about your own.

If somebody does something wrong to someone around me, I can be firm. But that's always to protect someone to whom wrong is being done to.

I don't want to be the only one speaking up for the refugees. I get all these comments from people saying, 'Thanks so much for your courage,' and, 'You're the only one who's spoken out.' But I don't want to be the only one speaking up.

We have to speak up for those who can't do it for themselves.

I have in my bones, and in my blood, the knowledge that you have to help the people who are persecuted.

My mom has always taught me to stand up for people who don't have a voice.

I think the reason I've been so committed to advocacy is because I see so many people in pain.

My grandfather, my grandmother especially, I have a whole family of activists, they've always told me to stand up for what I believe in.

My faith motivates me to really try to work on behalf of and advocate for those who are least able to advocate for themselves.

While I am furious about injustice, I do what I do, fighting against it, out of a place of love.

The least I can do is speak out for those who cannot speak for themselves.

If we don't stand up for others, who will be left to stand up for us?

If you have the capacity to tremble with indignation every time that an injustice is committed in the world, then we are comrades.

Without an advocate for the poor, without a new state of mind in America, the country lies on the brink of anarchy.

When we see people that are impoverished and people who are dealt an unfair hand, then if we have the power to help them, we should try to do that.