Lucy McBath Quotes

Listening to an underserved population is how you begin to understand them and serve them better.

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

When we run for office, our job is to work for everybody. You can't work for everybody if you don't listen to everybody.

We [politicians] have a bad habit of not putting ourselves in the place of those we are trying to represent, and whose needs we are supposed to be considering.

Public service is about serving all the people, including the ones who are not like you.

San Francisco is a City for everyone and our government needs to work for all of our residents.

As Public Advocate for the City of New York, I have a duty to speak truth to power and do what is best for our City and its residents.

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

Everyone has a responsibility to not only tolerate another person's point of view, but also to accept it eagerly as a challenge to your own understanding. And express those challenges in terms of serving other people.

I'm going to do whatever I have to do to help a New Yorker, whether it's a girl on the street or a tenant in a housing development.

People have a huge desire to be listened to, for politicians to take the time to understand their problems.

When you're taking the country through difficult times and difficult decisions you've got to take the country with you. That means permanently trying to make the argument that what you're doing is fair and seen to be fair.

Whose rights will we acknowledge? Whose human dignity will we respect? For whose well-being will we, as a people, assume responsibility?

Change happens by listening and then starting a dialogue with the people who are doing something you don't believe is right.

I'm a fierce advocate for diversity. Always have been, always will be.

I'm in a privileged position and I'm going to do my utmost to use that privileged position on behalf of the U.K., its citizens, its businesses and people.

I believe that a politician needs to be with people.

This is an important appointment to a community that has often felt excluded from the decision making process.

You can't run a government solely on a business basis ... Government should be human. It should have a heart.

It became clear to me that simply caring is not enough. To drive real progress, you have to change both hearts and laws. You need both understanding and action.

Acting and philanthropy are braided together. I've tried to seek out things that speak not just specifically to the community that created me, but that speak in a way that's universal and all of humanity celebrates.

One of my messages to Republicans is very simple: One-third of your schedule should be listening to people in minority communities.

I want to represent all the Latin people. I want to do this for the rest of my life.

There are a lot of people doing social justice things, which is great. But we can't just say, 'Here's some food. Here's some stuff.' We have to be able to give the gospel, share the hope and have a real heart for that.

I'd never presume to understand what it's like to be in a community I've never been a part of, but I can show up, listen and learn.