I'm not afraid to use my platform. I don't want to preach to people; I just want to put my opinions across about things I feel strongly about.
If the freedom of speech is taken away then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter.
Citizens should never allow themselves to be silenced.
There are many, many people who can recommend and advise, and a few of them consent, but there is only one who has been chosen by the American people to decide.
Once you can express yourself, you can tell the world what you want from it. All the changes in the world, for good or evil, were first brought about by words.
She was remarried to Aristotle Onassis.
I consider myself as a free spokesman for the people.
When voter get a chance to vote, they vote their hopes rather than their fears.
True democracy is not inconsistent with a few persons representing the spirit, the hope and the aspirations of those whom they claim to represent.
When there is freedom of speech, I've found that the majority of people really have nothing to say.
There's something so healthy about young people speaking up in unity.
As a human being, I do feel like it's my right to be able to stand up for and speak on whatever I want.
You cannot speak on behalf of a nation when you have no mandate to do so.
My chief weapon is public opinion: The Spaniards, incapable of directing it, have prohibited its use; but now they are experiencing its force and importance.
Noise is relative to the silence preceeding it. The more absolute the hush, the more shocking the thunderclap. Our masters have not heard the peoples voice for generations, Evey and it is much, much louder than they care to remember.
You cannot dictate to those whose sense you are entrusted to represent.
All I can do is pay attention, listen to what people in Minnesota are saying and do everything I can to bring that voice to Washington.
Poetry is a political act because it involves telling the truth.
I decided to protest in 2016 because I was feeling helpless and somebody needed to do something.
Viewers can't expect TV to keep developing unless they make their wants known. And let's face it. The best way to make your wants known in this world is by 'beefing'.
In a free country there is much clamor with little suffering; in a despotic state there is little complaint, but much suffering.
It's really important that folks be able to speak out.
If we don't bear witness as citizens, as people, as individuals, the right that we have had to life is sacrificed. There is a silence, instead of a speaking presence.
I didn't climb into that tree expecting to become a spokesperson.
One of the great reasons for the popularity of strikes is that they give the suppressed self a sense of power. For once the human tool knows itself a man, able to stand up and speak a word or strike a blow.
They [the Americans] certainly are not great writers, but they speak their country's language and they make themselves heard.
