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No one has been a greater advocate for the power of love in this world than I; both in my life and in my music. ↗

— Stevie Wonder

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When the late Pope John Paul II decided to place the woman so strangely known as “Mother” Teresa on the fast track for beatification, and thus to qualify her for eventual sainthood, the Vatican felt obliged to solicit my testimony and I thus spent several hours in a closed hearing room with a priest, a deacon, and a monsignor, no doubt making their day as I told off, as from a rosary, the frightful faults and crimes of the departed fanatic. In the course of this, I discovered that the pope during his tenure had surreptitiously abolished the famous office of “Devil’s Advocate,” in order to fast‐track still more of his many candidates for canonization. I can thus claim to be the only living person to have represented the Devil pro bono. ↗

— Christopher Hitchens

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I do not think that there is a reputable scientist on this planet who would advocate using this technology to generate a human child as was just announced. ↗

— Robert Lanza

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Almost anything that can be praised or advocated has been put to some disgusting use. There is no principle, however immaculate, that has not had its compromising manipulator. ↗

— Wyndham Lewis

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I want to be an advocate for the people who don't have time to read the newspaper... or the money to make a political contribution. ↗

— Richard J. Codey

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I'm a very big public school advocate. ↗

— Cynthia Nixon

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During practically all of my public life, I have been a sincere advocate of an agreement between the leading nations of the world to set up all the necessary international machinery that would bring about a practical abolition of war between civilized nations. ↗

— George William Norris

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Lawyers advocate more so than state their own positions. ↗

— Arlen Specter

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Let me be clear: I am not an advocate of censorship. ↗

— Mike Rogers

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Adult life is dealing with an enormous amount of questions that don't have answers. So I let the mystery settle into my music. I don't deny anything, I don't advocate anything, I just live with it. ↗

— Bruce Springsteen

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