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Hip-hop is a voice for voiceless poor people. -- Russell Simmons
Voiceless it cries, Wingless flutters, Toothless bites, Mouthless mutters. -- J. R. R. Tolkien
My self-imposed mandate is to be the voice for the voiceless. -- Dionne Warwick
Where does discipline end? Where does cruelty begin? Somewhere between these, thousands of children inhabit a voiceless hell. -- Francois Mauriac
The mere fact of an American being present could help save the lives of innocent people. That's why I believe in the importance of bearing witness, to become a voice for the voiceless. -- Bianca Jagger
My books may highlight corruption, brutality and venality, but they also show that if these things come to light, there is rectification. The voiceless do have a voice; democratic mechanisms and accountability do exist. -- Vikas Swarup
If it was all about me, I'd do a whole lot of pop records, make a whole lot of money, just rake in the dough. But it's never been all about me. It's all about being a voice for the voiceless. People who can't speak for themselves, who don't have a mic, don't have a say. -- Ice Cube
I am the voice of the voiceless. -- CM Punk
Science is voiceless; it is the scientists who talk. -- Simone Weil
To be courageous is to be a voice for the voiceless -- Tariq Ramadan
Anybody can make a difference and be a voice for the voiceless. -- Zach Hunter
There's really no such thing as the 'voiceless'. There are only the deliberately silenced, or the preferably unheard. -- Arundhati Roy
Sometimes strident, often tender, never afraid and seldom without humour, Desmond Tutu's voice will always be the voice of the voiceless. -- Nelson Mandela
I am not anxious to be the loudest voice or the most popular. But I would like to think that at a crucial moment, I was an effective voice of the voiceless, an effective hope of the hopeless. -- Whitney M. Young
When our grandchildren ask us where we were when the voiceless and the vulnerable in our era needed leaders of compassion and purpose, I hope we can say that we showed up, and that we showed up on time. -- Gary Haugen
If you achieve a voice that will be heard, you should use it to speak up for the voiceless and oppressed. If you possess any power or authority, you must strive to use it to help and empower the powerless. -- Craig Murray
Justice, voiceless, unseen, seeth thee when thou sleepest and when thou goest forth and when thou liest down. Continually doth she attend thee, now aslant thy course, now at a later time. These lines are from a section of doubtful or spurious fragments. -- Aeschylus
This tower, patched unevenly with black ivy, arose like a mutilated finger from among the fists of knuckled masonry and pointed blasphemously at heaven. At night the owls made of it an echoing throat; by day it stood voiceless and cast its long shadow. -- Mervyn Peake
If you want to tell the untold stories, if you want to give voice to the voiceless, you've got to find a language. Which goes for film as well as prose, for documentary as well as autobiography. Use the wrong language, and you're dumb and blind. -- Salman Rushdie
The victims of social injustice, since time eternal, have always been without the resources and the ability to fight back. They are defenseless and voiceless. Thee sad aspect of social injustice is that the defenseless and voiceless are the ones who most need a defense and a strong, vibrant voice. -- Tommy Makem
I am the voice of the voiceless; Through me the dumb shall speak. Till the deaf world's ears be made to hear. The wrongs of the wordless weak. And I am my brothers keeper, And I will fight his fights; And speak the words for beast and bird. Till the world shall set things right. -- Ella Wheeler Wilcox
Behind my work was ambition, behind my love was personality, behind my purity was fear, behind my guidance the thirst for power. Now they are vanishing and I drift. I come, Mother, I come, in Thy warm bosom, floating wheresoever Thou takest me, in the voiceless, in the strange, in the wonderland, I come - a spectator, no more an actor. -- Swami Vivekananda
I like movies that resonate, that give voice to the voiceless. -- Kimberly Elise
Our party has always been the voice of the powerless and the voiceless. -- Robert Casey
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How poor this world would be without its graves, without the memories of its mighty dead. Only the voiceless speak forever. -- Robert Green Ingersoll
I'm grateful that, after an early life of being silenced, sometimes violently, I grew up to have a voice, circumstances that will always bind me to the rights of the voiceless. -- Rebecca Solnit
Throughout my years championing for civil rights, analyzing politics and advocating on behalf of the voiceless, I am disturbed the most when harmless children suffer because of politics or detrimental policies. -- Al Sharpton
From the beginning of my time as Secretary-General, I have sought to advance a practical, action-oriented vision of the U.N. as the voice of the voiceless and the defender of the defenceless. -- Ban Ki-moon
For millions of women and men around the world, the playwright Eve Ensler is a beloved figure. She represents the epitome of the politically engaged artist, someone who uses her creative brilliance to illuminate injustice and give voice to the voiceless. -- Jackson Katz
As Americans, we rightfully place tremendous value on having a free and independent press. Our role as journalists is to give voice to the voiceless, and hold our leaders and institutions accountable. But the circle is only completed when that information is consumed by a free-thinking and engaged audience. -- Lester Holt
Some people call it the 'Al Jazeera spirit' - courage, re-thinking authority, giving a voice to the voiceless. We have never been favored by the authority. The human being is the center of our editorial policy. We are not a TV station that rushes after stars, big names, press conferences, hand-shake journalism. -- Wadah Khanfar
He who hides his madman, dies voiceless. -- Henri Michaux
Even the blind and meek and voiceless have gods. -- Terry Pratchett
The stork is voiceless because there is really nothing to say. -- Will Cuppy
I like movies that resonate, that give voice to the voiceless, -- Kimberly Elise
Lost Echo sits amid the voiceless mountains, And feeds her grief. -- Percy Bysshe Shelley
SHOW THE WORLD YOUR STRONG COMPASSION: GIVE YOUR VOICE TO VOICELESS YAZIDI GIRLS! -- Widad Akrawi
In snowbound, voiceless, mountain depths, to herald spring, pine trees sound in tune. -- Princess Shikishi
Abortion should be listed as a weapon of mass destruction against the voiceless. -- E.A. Bucchianeri
SHOW THE WORLD YOUR STRONG COMPASSION!GIVE YOUR VOICE TO VOICELESS KOBANE KIDS! -- Widad Akrawi
The ones who have a voice must speak for those who are voiceless. -- Oscar Romero
Recorded history is wrong. It's wrong because the voiceless have no voice in it. -- Mary Lee Settle
My story is the story of forgotten people and the voice of the voiceless. -- Andrea Hirata
Be a voice for the voiceless y'all. This world needs more love and hope! -- Taylor York
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Where does discipline end? Where does cruelty begin? Somewhere between these, thousands of children inhabit a voiceless hell -- Francois Muriac
Donald Trump is basically giving voice to a lot of people who have felt that they were voiceless. -- Paul Ryan
Through words he gave voice to the voiceless. Through deeds he gave courage to the faint of heart. -- Barack Obama
Rap comes from the oral tradition. The oral tradition gives voice to those who would've otherwise been voiceless. -- Benjamin Zephaniah
It's very often the artist who gives a voice to the voiceless by speaking up when no one else will. -- Barbra Streisand
Ah me! the world is full of meetings such as this,--a thrill, a voiceless challenge and reply, and sudden partings after! -- Nathaniel Parker Willis
Those of us who have the eyes and ears of the media have a responsibility to amplify the voices of the voiceless. -- Peter Gabriel
Dogs are voiceless ... a critical part of having dogs is emotional responsibility: learning how to understand them and, when necessary, to speak and act on their behalf. -- Jon Katz
My role [as a war correspondent] is to bring a voice to people who are voiceless [and] to shine a light in the darkest corners of the world. -- Janine di Giovanni
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As one of the dumb, voiceless ones I speak. One of the millions of immigrants beating, beating out their hearts at your gates for a breath of understanding. -- Anzia Yezierska
Let the voice be the voice of the voiceless and let it come from the world of rap music to keep the stereotype and the peace at the same time. -- Chuck D
How would I like to be remembered? As a person who came and brought light to the world, some escapism. Also as the voice for the voiceless children, because I love them. -- Michael Jackson
Johnny Cash was the champion of the voiceless, the underdogs and the downtrodden. He was also something of a holy terror, like Abraham Lincoln with a wild side. He represented the best of America. -- Kris Kristofferson
If we are really serious about protecting the environment, the discharge pipes and stacks of industry would all plug directly into their intake side, and costs would not be externalized to a voiceless environment. -- Wes Jackson
Today, I count myself blessed to have become a photographer. To be able to articulate the experiences of the voiceless, to bring their identity to the forefront, gives meaning and purpose to my own life. -- G.M.B. Akash

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