DeAndre Hopkins Quotes

Being a voice for my community is something that I don't take lightly.

The only way change will ever happen is if we speak up, and we have to know that it actually has an impact. Because we have a lot more power than we think we do, I think.

The big percentage is us, the real people, and we have to say something. You have to speak up. You have to.

If you have any platform and a voice, I think it's important to use it.

I don't think of myself as a powerful person. But I do use the platforms I have to make a difference in the world. Anyone who has a position where they can make a difference should use it.

Any politician is to a certain degree a mentor. They preach something.

I guess, as an Emanuel, I have a voice that carries.

If you have an opportunity to use your voice you should use it.

Although I have lost my gavel, I have not lost my voice. I will be heard from.

In every school, community center, city hall, and state capitol, there are women who are making their voices heard and standing up for the people they serve - women who aren't just demanding change but finding ways to create it. They are making an impact, and along the way, they're inspiring others to do the same.

Sometimes you have to not just dream about what could be - you get out and push and you pull and you preach. And you create a climate and environment to get those in high places, to get men and women of good will in power to act.

I want people to be able to give their voice.

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

Arianna Huffington is one of the greatest champions of this idea - that anyone can make a difference.

Believe in the power of your own voice. The more noise you make, the more accountability you demand from your leaders, the more our world will change for the better.

If you give up on the idea that your voice can make a difference, then other voices will fill the void

What I always wanted to do when I was a kid was to speak out and help people which I continue to do afterwards.

I became active in politics because I saw the possibility, if we all sat back and did nothing, of a world in which there would no longer be any stages for actors to act on.

The value of the majority lies not in the opportunity to wield great power, but in the chance to use power to do great things.

'Unlikely Brothers' talks about the importance of citizen action and shows why and how we can make a difference.

I am fortunate enough with my career that I can speak out to the masses and hopefully be a part of initiating change.

I always saw politics as an expansion of my role as a mom.

We're looking for people out there who have demonstrated that they are leaders, have track records of achievement, and want to be part of a force... of a much larger force of determined people who want to bring about, ultimately, institutional change.

I know there are a lot of people out there who have the best intentions but not the voice, so it's about people like me to give them a voice and hear their ideas.

I have never had a vote, and I have raised hell all over this country. You don't need a vote to raise hell! You need convictions and a voice!