165 Quotes About Advocacy

  • Author Bob Johnson
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    We disclose our funding, Common Cause does not. So it's rather ironic that we would be attacked on that basis. But at the end of the day, just because Common Cause doesn't agree with the way we seek grant funding, that doesn't make advocacy illegitimate. Nor does it make theirs legitimate, their attack legitimate.

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  • Author Jonathan Katz
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    Her (Newman's) inspired advocacy has helped leaders in North Carolina and throughout the country better understand how the arts improve the lives and communities of all Americans. Arts advocates nationwide look to Tog as a model for service, civility, engagement and leadership.

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  • Author Nicholas Kristof
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    One of the most crucial kinds of intervention is in advocacy. We can think about charities in the context of delivering services, and indeed that is part of their job, but advocacy is also getting governments to step up to the plate. They can also give more voice to those who don't have one.

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  • Author Mike Lowry
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    We really want to credit everybody's response, certainly the citizen groups, the advocacy groups, Children's Alliance, and others.

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  • Author Randy Levine
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    It (some of the opposition) consists of what I call professional protesters. There are organizations - advocacy groups. Their job is to make money by opposing things. These groups oppose everything.

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  • Author Richard Lazarus
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    Supreme Court advocacy is like major league baseball. I can tell you the pitch is going to come in at 95 miles per hour. I can tell you to stand this way. I can tell you how to swing. It doesn't mean you're going to hit it.

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  • Author Carolyn Maloney
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    They literally have mobilized themselves into an advocacy organization that, I would say, has growing clout in Washington.

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  • Author Dan Mullen
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    AIM Global takes its advocacy role very seriously. We see this video as another chance to educate the general public about a misunderstood and often maligned technology. We have a responsibility to our members to ensure that all technologies are presented in a realistic way, and we believe the video is a big step in the right direction.

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