Susan Sarandon Quotes

I tend to focus on young people and on giving a voice to groups of people who don't normally get their voices heard.

I have a voice. It's one of my gifts. I intend to use it on behalf of the children that UNICEF seeks to aid.

If I can sit down for freedom, you can stand up for children.

I try to do stories that make a difference - stories that affect the way people think, stories that people need to hear - and usually what drives me is to do stories about people who have no voice, people who have no political power, people who are overlooked by society.

My only agenda is to bring attention to otherwise ignored and shunned lives.

Perhaps the most important people that I should photograph are the people who don't have a voice.

Often, those with the most to lose as a result of a poor policy move are the most vulnerable and most marginalized. Those folks need a voice, and I will endeavor to be that voice.

Speak up for the people that nobody speaks for.

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

My friend Patsy Mink was a champion for social and economic justice, equality and civil rights for women and marginalized communities. She was a trailblazer who never backed down from a challenge and whose work in Hawaii and Congress brought positive change to the lives of women, children, and minorities in Hawaii and across the country.

I am here to give voice to the invisible.

I raise up my voice-not so I can shout but so that those without a voice can be heard...we cannot succeed when half of us are held back.

... being a feminist means that you believe in civil rights and social justice.

Look at what I've done my entire life. I have been working on behalf of civil rights, women's rights, human rights for years and I know how challenging it is to change our political system and I have the highest regard for those who have put themselves on the line.

I suffered first as a child from discrimination, poverty ... So I think it was a natural follow from that that I should use my camera to speak for people who are unable to speak for themselves.

You've got so many groups that have no voice in this world - the indigenous, the poor. So how can I use the resources that I have and bring them up, highlight them. And it's not that difficult. It's just choosing and concentrating and focusing.

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

I feel now that the time is come when even a woman or a child who can speak a word for freedom and humanity is bound to speak... I hope every woman who can write will not be silent.

Speaking out is important for me because everyone should be treated equally.

My work is about giving voice to the unheard, and reiterating the voice of the heard in such a way that you question, or re-examine, what is the truth.

All that I can tell you is, that I used my humble powers to the uttermost, and raised my voice in behalf of Human Rights in general, and the elevation and Rights of Woman in particular, nearly all my life.

If we don't stand up for children, then we don't stand for much.

In America, the dreamers, the disabled and the disadvantaged are not left to defend themselves, alone in their struggles.

I want to be the voice and the vision for the poor and the powerless.

Ted Kennedy’s life’s work was not to champion those with wealth or power or special connections. It was to give a voice to those who were not heard, to add a rung to the ladder of opportunity, to make real the dream of our founding.