Ed Schultz Quotes

If it was all about me, I'd do a whole lot of pop records, make a whole lot of money, just rake in the dough. But it's never been all about me. It's all about being a voice for the voiceless. People who can't speak for themselves, who don't have a mic, don't have a say.

I like to give a voice to others, especially things neglected or despised.

Go out and speak for the inarticulate and submerged.

I want to speak for people who can't speak; they're afraid to speak.

I like movies that resonate, that give voice to the voiceless.

I have always felt my role was to do anything I could to enable the powerless to speak. I want America to hear these voices because they are beautiful voices.

We need leaders who will stand up for the little guy and listen once again.

Our party has always been the voice of the powerless and the voiceless.

My self-imposed mandate is to be the voice for the voiceless.

I'm always wanting and willing to be a voice for my people, a voice for the injustice.

I'm an activist and advocate. I have empathy. It is hard to ignore causes.

I feel that my purpose is to shed light on some of the darker sides of our world, and to lend a hand and a voice to people struggling.

The ones who have a voice must speak for those who are voiceless.

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

If you choose to use your status and influence to raise your voice on behalf of those who have no voice; if you choose to identify not only with the powerful, but with the powerless; if you retain the ability to imagine yourself into the lives of those who do not have your advantages, then it will not only be your proud families who celebrate your existence, but thousands and millions of people whose reality you have helped transform for the better. We do not need magic to change the world, we carry all the power we need inside ourselves already: we have the power to imagine better.

Use your knowledge, and your heart, to stand up for those who can't stand, speak for those who can't speak, be a beacon of light for those whose lives have become dark.

The fire in the bellies of the good people who work for a more fair and just world for all of us - that spark never fails to inspire me and warm my heart.

I am passionate about human rights.

To the wrongs that need resistance, To the right that needs assistance, To the future in the distance, Give yourselves.

There is no degree of human suffering which in and of itself is going to bring about change. Only organisation can change things.

We shall suffer no attachment to literature, no taste for abstract discussion, no love of purely intellectual theories, to seduce us from our devotion to the cause of the oppressed, the down trodden, the insulted and injured masses of our fellow men.

The mere fact of an American being present could help save the lives of innocent people. That's why I believe in the importance of bearing witness, to become a voice for the voiceless.

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.

I'm a political poet - let us say a 'human' poet, a poet that's concerned with the plight of people who suffer. If words can be of assistance, then that's what I'm going to use.

Don't stand back with your arms folded; step forward... There is hope and light to resist injustice and promote peace without violence.