Martha McSally Quotes

Fighting injustice keeps you young.

If you want to be a real human being - a real woman, a real man - you cannot tolerate things which put you to indignation, to outrage. You must stand up. I always say to people, 'Look around; look at what makes you unhappy, what makes you furious, and then engage yourself in some action.'

Burst down those closet doors once and for all, and stand up and start to fight.

Acceptance does not mean that you placidly acquiesce to the myriad injustices that are all around you. In fact, that you are incensed about these injustices is the very reason you need to try your level best to 'right' these 'wrongs.'

Somebody’s got to stand up against these experts.

Rosa Parks inspired me to find a way to get in the way, to get in trouble... good trouble, necessary trouble.

Don't be afraid to speak out about what you're passionate about because your voice matters and your voice can, at the end of the day, make a difference.

When I see something wrong, I just rail against it.

When I see a blatant injustice, I can't keep quiet. I've been that way since I was a little kid.

We have to speak truth to power.

I refuse to be one of those people who watches injustices yet does nothing.

I don't fear death; I fear remaining silent in the face of injustice. I am young and I want to live. But I say to those that would eliminate my voice: I am ready, wherever and whenever you might strike. You can cut down the flower, but nothing can stop the coming of the spring.

I'm like a one-woman protest machine.

I love revolutionaries who have the courage to stand up against the status quo. They're always misunderstood, but they're the ones who are standing up for human rights.

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.'

Ah, but it's nice to be in the opposition, nice to be a bone in somebody's throat.

Somebody has to stand when other people are sitting. Somebody has to speak when other people are quiet.

I challenged things that needed to be challenged at Purdue.

I refuse to be silenced.

I don't want to be remembered as the girl who was shot. I want to be remembered as the girl who stood up.

When the whole world is silent, even one voice becomes powerful.

We who have the final word can speak softly or angrily. We can seek to challenge and annoy, as we need not stay docile and quiet.

Stay strong. Stand up. Have a voice.

Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.

It is people's willingness to take personal risks and confront the powerful by daring to speak the truth, not the truth itself, that ultimately leads to change.