Lauren Jauregui Quotes

I think of my films as not necessarily political but more moral. Between my father, my stepfather, and my mother - they all felt pretty passionately about the importance of standing up and doing the right thing, and none of them were suck-ups. What motivates me is usually abuse of power.

Silence becomes cowardice when occasion demands speaking out the whole truth and acting accordingly.

You cannot do wrong and feel right. It is impossible!

If you don't stand for something you will fall for anything.

Justice is conscience, not a personal conscience but the conscience of the whole of humanity. Those who clearly recognize the voice of their own conscience usually recognize also the voice of justice.

People ask me if I have some kind of death wish, to keep saying the things I do. The answer is no: I would like to keep living. However, some things must be said, and there are times when silence becomes an accomplice to injustice.

Even if I have to stand alone, I will not be afraid to stand alone. I'm going to fight for you. I'm going to fight for what's right. I'm going to fight to hold people accountable.

I've done truth to power all my life. It's got me into trouble, but who cares?

If you know something is morally reprehensible, then it is your moral obligation to stop it as soon as possible.

Our duty is to stand up for those who do the right thing.

There are times … when every one of us must make a stand for human right and justice, or you never feel clean again.

Telling the truth - telling thoughtful truths - should not be a revolutionary act. Speaking truths to power should not be sacrificial, but they are.

When I see something wrong, I speak up.

We know that when a woman speaks truth to power, there will be attempts to put her down... I'm not going to go anywhere.

When you see corruption, when you see injustice, you speak up. You don't just shut up and say it's none of my business.

Aren't we supposed to be standing for something instead of falling for everything?

There are people who can look out for other human beings; there are people who can speak up when something is not right and say, 'This is wrong, and something should be done.'

There's no amount of money that can make me shut up about something I think is wrong.

In the area of social righteousness we cannot be right on the inside and not do it. We cannot! Of course we have people who pretend that they can, but it simply isn't true.

You have to stand up for what's right in life. Unless you do that... you're nothing.

It may...be judged indecent in me to come forward on this occasion; but when I see a fellow-creature about to perish through the cowardice of her pretended friends, I wish to be allowed to speak, that I may say what I know of her character.

I think if you don't say something it's lying by omission. I personally think it's immoral.

The righteous man takes his life in his hand whenever he utters the truth.

Sometimes it’s more noble to tell a small lie than to deliver a painful truth.

A man dies when he refuses to stand up for that which is right. A man dies when he refuses to stand up for justice. A man dies when he refuses to take a stand for that which is true.