Citizens should never allow themselves to be silenced.
When you see something that is not right, not fair, not just, you have to speak up. You have to say something; you have to do something.
All tyranny needs to gain a foothold is for people of good conscience to remain silent.
All tyranny, bigotry, aggression, and cruelty are wrong, and whenever we see it, we must never be silent.
It takes courage to speak up against complacency and injustice while others remain silent. But that's what leadership is.
When I see something messed up, I'm going to challenge it.
I think it's important for women to speak up, it's important to speak up for their rights.
For me, the issue is if I'm your advocate, if I'm your representative, my job is to stand up for you and talk about you and defend you.
If you're quiet, and you don't speak out, you're never going to get anything accomplished.
It is my hope that people today will see that, in another time, in another period, when we saw the need for people to speak up, to organize, to mobilize, and to do something about injustice, we came together.
It's very important that you tell someone when you are being bullied - someone that you trust. You should never be quiet when you are being bullied or when you see someone being bullied. It's so important to stand up and say something.
Terrorism will spill over if you don't speak up.
The dead cannot cry out for justice; it is a duty of the living to do so for them.
I am done being polite. I am done being politically correct. I am mad as hell, so I am asking the members of the press to send a mayday call all over the world.
I think its important to speak up for the environment because the Earth is not saying something.
It's okay to say what you want to do.
Stick up for what you believe in and never, ever feel that you can't say something or speak your mind. I think that would be the best advice. Be strong. Be confident. That's really all you need.
If you have something to say, then say it. Express yourself and break the rules.
Honestly, if you are going to run for public office, I think it's incumbent... to speak up.
I love to defend.
To stand together against homophobic, sexist, misogynistic, anti-Semitic and racist agendas. I’m an optimist and I can’t help but feel hopeful about the future of film - especially looking at all the beautiful people in this room. Martin Luther King Jr. said, ‘Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.’ I would like to encourage everyone in this room to please speak up.
I think it's my responsibility, to speak up when something threatens our very future.
If you ask me what I came into this life to do, I will tell you: I came to live out loud.
If you see a dog in a hot car, and you think that he's in danger or that he's been there for a while, it's good to speak up... Go into whatever businesses it's parked outside of, and just raise awareness about it.
Don't expect to make a difference unless you speak up for yourself.
