#advocate

I had advocated the establishment of a Negro industrial commission. I had gestured against the growth of monopoly power. I had introduced a few civil rights bills. ↗

— Emanuel Celler

#against #bills #civil #civil rights #commission

Look, you're not going to get me to say that Democrats don't make mistakes. We do. I mentioned two areas - pension reform and seniority and tenure. I've done both - I've advocated for both. I've advocated for - seek for reform as well. ↗

— Antonio Villaraigosa

#areas #both #democrats #done #get

Although a soldier by profession, I have never felt any sort of fondness for war, and I have never advocated it, except as a means of peace. ↗

— Ulysses S. Grant

#although #any #except #felt #fondness

I have never advocated war except as a means of peace. ↗

— Ulysses S. Grant

#advocated #except #i #means #never

I'm a strong advocate for music. I think guitars are wonderful. ↗

— Mike Huckabee

#guitars #i #i think #music #strong

My mom was dying for me to write a book, she was my biggest advocate. ↗

— Victor Cruz

#biggest #book #dying #me #mom

If the United Nations is to survive, those who represent it must bolster it; those who advocate it must submit to it; and those who believe in it must fight for it. ↗

— Norman Cousins

#believe #bolster #fight #must #nations

I have been mislabeled as a big advocate of low-income home ownership over rental. ↗

— Barney Frank

#been #big #home #home ownership #i

I think of a piece of music as something that comes alive when it is being performed, and I feel that my role in the transmission of music is to be its best advocate at that moment. ↗

— Yo-Yo Ma

#alive #being #best #comes #feel

No man should advocate a course in private that he's ashamed to admit in public. ↗

— George McGovern

#advocate #ashamed #course #man #private