43 Quotes About Speaking-up



  • Author Terry Tempest Williams
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    I take a deep breath and sidestep my fear and begin speaking from the place where beauty and bravery meet--within the chambers of a quivering heart.

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  • Author Courtney Milan
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    My most ardent wish is that you, and everyone like you, will look up. That you’ll do so and never be beaten into the ground again. I write handbills because I can write those words without fear of reprisal—because if I am discovered, the House of Lords will never prosecute me. I write because those words must be written. I write because to not write, to not speak, would be to waste what I have been given.

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  • Author Fiona Gubelmann
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    I've learned the importance of speaking up for myself and voicing my opinions and my ideas. I'm definitely a shy person.

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  • Author Jim Hightower
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    So now is the time, more than ever, for those who truly value all the principles of democracy, especially including dissent, to be the most forceful in speaking up, standing up and speaking out.

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