Sufe Bradshaw Quotes

I was able to realize that I definitely want to make sure that I use my voice, as it gets bigger and bigger, in the world for good.

I feel a real sense of duty to use the voice and the platform I've been afforded by my fame to speak out for those whose voices don't get a chance to be heard.

I do feel a responsibility to try and raise awareness and to help tell the stories of those who may not otherwise have a voice.

I think anyone with a voice should use it. I think a lot of people could, and should, do a lot more.

I felt like it was a sense of duty for me to give these women a voice.

If you're a voice for a community, then you're a voice for something more than yourself. I want to have an impact, because I don't want anybody to have to go through what I went through.

I try to take what voice I have and I give it to those who don’t have one at all.

Nowadays, people in the entertainment industry can have a louder voice than politicians, and I think it's important that they use that voice to say something positive or to give a voice to somebody that's had theirs taken away.

I've learned how to measure what I say. Al Sharpton in 1986 was trying to be heard. I was a local guy and was like, 'Y'all are ignoring us.'

The purpose of influence is to speak up for those who have no influence.

Go out and speak for the inarticulate and submerged.

We must stand up and do everything we can for the people who do not have a voice.

I think there's a social responsibility that comes with a public platform. Because of the position that I've been put in, I think it's important to use my voice to do as much as I can.

I do feel that I have to use my voice for those that don't have one. I have to do the best I can in my own work to represent my culture, represent the women of my country, of Latin America. What we stand for. What we're made of.

I always say, as an actress, I get to portray the human condition, but as an activist, I get to change the human condition.

I believe I've got to speak up for my people.

People don't really understand how important our voices are. I think there's a lot of athletes that don't use their power that really should.

I know I have a voice, and I want to use that voice as much as I can to bring things forward.

Those that have a voice have to speak for those of us who are silenced.

I have a voice, and I'm trying to use it to be the voice for all the innocent people who don't have one.

Am I attracted to people who want to give other people a voice? Yes I am, and that may be a 'common denominator with the characters that I play.

There are voices and they must be heard.

Causes was founded with the mission of empowering anyone to change the world. Our model is based upon the belief that everyone has the power to have an outsized impact on the world by banding together with other like-minded individuals, taking direct action, and inspiring their friends and their friends' friends to join in.

All I ask is this: Do something. Try something. Speaking out, showing up, writing a letter, a check, a strongly worded e-mail. Pick a cause – there are few unworthy ones. And nudge yourself past the brink of tacit support to action. Once a month, once a year, or just once...Even just learning enough about a subject so you can speak against an opponent eloquently makes you an unusual personage. Start with that. Any one of you would have cried out, would have intervened, had you been in that crowd in Bashiqa. Well thanks to digital technology, you’re all in it now.

Right now everyone is able to have a real voice and have it be nice and loud. Being loud is a really important thing right now. It's an amazing thing to watch. It's important because making noise makes change.