advocacy Quotes

“Increasingly, I was recognizing the importance of hopefulness in creating justice.”

“I argued to the judge that not taking Avery’s mental health issues into consideration at trial was as cruel as saying to someone who has lost his legs, ‘You must climb these stairs with no assistance, and if you don’t you’re just lazy.’ Or to say to someone who was blind, ‘You should get across this busy interstate highway, unaided, or you’re just cowardly.‘”

″ I am the Lorax. I speak for the trees. ”