Elizabeth Smart Quotes

I believe that victims of sexual harassment must be allowed to tell their story on their time, in their own way.

I elect to stay on the soil of which I was born and on the plot of ground which I have fairly bought and honestly paid for. Don't advise me to leave, and don't add insult to injury by telling me it's for my own good; of that I am to be the judge.

I would rather take the role and work and make my own money and self respect than to have sex with someone who has a lot of money.

You want your privacy as a human being.

My personal life is a source of incredible happiness for me, but it's personal, and it's not for me to hock or shop around to the highest bidder.

All persons have the right to privacy and to intimacy.

With what I've gone through, I think it's really important to become a voice for abuse victims who have no voice. I want to be able to make a difference.

I had this belief that I couldn't just accept to be treated as an object. It was a problem of dignity.

I didn't start Me Too as a hashtag, and had I had the opportunity to, I probably wouldn't have done it that way. I think that what has happened subsequently has been beautiful to watch, but what concerns me is what all of these survivors are going to do now.

No one has the right to make where you go or what you do uncomfortable.

The work of #MeToo is about healing. It's about healing as individuals and healing as communities.

What does justice look like for a survivor? It'll mean different things to different communities.

In many regards, Me Too is about survivors talking to survivors.

If a female actor is not comfortable with how a scene is shot and says no, it means no. They should not go ahead with the scene.

I think the most important thing for all of us to realize is you have to make the decision and be comfortable with it. And every woman should be respected for making her own choice.

My health is no one's business.

I think it's important for people to see how much more people with Down syndrome can get out of life when given responsibilities.

I am not defined to be in any mould and I can be whatever I want to be.

There is a misconception that young Muslim women are oppressed. That simply isn't the case. I choose to dress modestly and choose to cover my hair with a hijab; not all Muslim women make that choice, and that's okay. We are all different!

Victims and survivors deserve more than a person seeking a headline.

What's perplexing to me is that I never think it's anybody's business to know my business.

Just because someone signed up for something or takes advice or has managers or works in entertainment or show business with other people doesn't mean they don't have a brain, okay? It doesn't mean that they're not a real person.

I don't believe what I do outside my profession is anybody's' business. And that includes a personal thing like pregnancy or even marriage.

I had an upbringing to respect other people's privacy and their right to be and choose what they want, and I expect - no, demand - no less for myself.

If a woman is saying something out loud, she is asking for help, and you have no business to character assassinating her. You have to reach out to her and help her and protect her, and I think we need to protect our women, and we need to protect our children.