Champion Quotes - page 16

I love the poet Kwame Dawes, and I always come back to this quote of his: "We are political by our noise and by our silence.” What we choose to be excited about is political. For the longest time, I'd kind of cringe, thinking I'm not bold enough to be political. His words really helped me own the power of my own enthusiasm. Think of how many things weren't championed by the publishing world in the '80s and '90s. Think of how many things weren't even encouraged. It's not that there weren't Asian Americans writing literature or writing about nature. The publishing houses chose not to publish them. That's a political statement, too....So for anybody who says, Oh, I don't want to get too political here-we're all political. You're political by what you champion and what you stay quiet about. (Aimee Nezhukumatathil)
I believe in champions and Alex is a champion". "Del Piero is a player of very high quality and deserves his record". Because of having many strikers in the squad: "Sometimes I feel embarrassed at putting him on the bench. View quote
Alessandro Del Piero
Now, it's no secret that in the contest between democracy and autocracy, the United States - and I, as President - champion a vision for our world that is grounded in the values of democracy. The United States is determined to defend and strengthen democracy at home and around the world. Because I believe democracy remains humanity's greatest instrument to address the challenges of our time. View quote
Joe Biden
Thou slave, thou wretch, thou coward, Thou little valiant, great in villainy! Thou ever strong upon the stronger side! Thou Fortune's champion, that dost never fight But when her humorous ladyship is by To teach thee safety! View quote
King John
Those who live in England, away from the East, have now got to recognize that Europe has completely lost her former moral prestige in Asia. She is no longer regarded as the champion throughout the world of fair dealing and the exponent of high principle, but rather as the upholder of Western race supremacy and the exploiter of those outside her own borders. View quote
Rabindranath Tagore
[T]he crime control policy most well-known, widely loathed and roundly condemned by racial justice activists - the New York Police Department's stop-and-frisk policy - is at heart a gun control initiative. Its most high-profile champion is former mayor Michael Bloomberg, also a high-profile proponent of gun control laws like those in New Jersey. View quote
Radley Balko
The whole Bill looks like an attempt on the part of the Government to gratify a small but noisy section of their own supporters and to purchase a little popularity in the constituencies by dealing harshly with a number of unfortunate aliens who have no votes. It will commend itself to those who like patriotism at other people's expense and admire Imperialism on the Russian model. It is expected to appeal to insular prejudice against foreigners, to racial prejudice against Jews, and to labour prejudice against competition; and it will no doubt supply a variety of rhetorical phrases for the approaching election. The same men who are obstinate opponents of trade unionism will declaim about "the rights of British labour." Those who champion the interests of slum landlords will dilate on the evils of overcrowding. Those who have been most forward in bringing Chinese into Africa will pose as the champions of racial purity at home. View quote
Winston Churchill