These voiceless quotes will inspire you. Voiceless mute; speechless or (of a person or group) lacking the power or right to express an opinion or exert control over affairs.
A collection of motivating, happy, and encouraging voiceless quotes, voiceless sayings, and voiceless proverbs.
Famous Voiceless Quotes
- “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
- “We are called to speak for the weak, for the voiceless, for the victims of our nation and for those it calls enemy, for no document from human hands can make these humans any less our brothers and sisters.” ~ Martin Luther King, Jr.
- “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
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“There’s really no such thing as the ‘voiceless’. There are only the deliberately silenced, or the preferably unheard.” ~ Arundhati Roy
- “The ones who have a voice must speak for those who are voiceless.” ~ Oscar Romero
- “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
- “Through words he gave voice to the voiceless. Through deeds he gave courage to the faint of heart.” ~ Barack Obama , Voiceless quotes words
- “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
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“Those of us who have the eyes and ears of the media have a responsibility to amplify the voices of the voiceless.” ~ Peter Gabriel
- “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
- “Where does discipline end? Where does cruelty begin? Somewhere between these, thousands of children inhabit a voiceless hell.” ~ Francois Mauriac
- “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
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“Be a voice for the voiceless y’all. This world needs more love and hope!” ~ Taylor York
- “I am the voice of the voiceless.” ~ CM Punk
- “We are behaving like people without compassion and love for the most vulnerable section of society. The children of the universe are without a spokesperson, they are voiceless…We are all touched by the atrocities committed against children: sexual, physical abuse, child slave labor, educational neglect. We feel ashamed. Angry. Appalled. But there is no action…No action.” ~ Michael Jackson
- “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
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“My self-imposed mandate is to be the voice for the voiceless.” ~ Dionne Warwick
- “To be patriotic is to be able to question government policy in times of crisis. To be patriotic is to stand up for the Bill of Rights and the Constitution in times of uncertainty and insecurity. To be patriotic is to speak up against the powerful in defense of the weak and the voiceless. To be patriotic is to be willing to pay the price to preserve our freedoms, dignity, and rights. To be patriotic is to challenge the abuses of the PATRIOT Act.” ~ Sami Al-Arian
- “The greatness of a nation can be judged by the way its animals are treated.” ~ Mahatma Gandhi , Voiceless quotes animals
- “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
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“It’s very often the artist who gives a voice to the voiceless by speaking up when no one else will.” ~ Barbra Streisand
- “Science is voiceless; it is the scientists who talk.” ~ Simone Weil
- “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
- “The institutions of human society treat us as parts of a machine. They assign us ranks and place considerable pressure upon us to fulfill defined roles. We need something to help us restore our lost and distorted humanity. Each of us has feelings that have been suppressed and have built up inside. There is a voiceless cry resting in the depths of our souls, waiting for expression. Art gives the soul’s feelings voice and form.” ~ Daisaku Ikeda
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“Voiceless it cries, Wingless flutters, Toothless bites, Mouthless mutters.” ~ J. R. R. Tolkien
- “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
- “Hip-hop is a voice for voiceless poor people.” ~ Russell Simmons
- “My story is the story of forgotten people and the voice of the voiceless.” ~ Andrea Hirata
- “When everyone else is more comfortable remaining voiceless,
Rather than fighting for humans that have had their rights stolen,
I might not be the same, but that’s not important.
No freedom ’til we’re equal, damn right I support it.” ~ Macklemore -
“A person’s a person, no matter how small.” ~ Dr. Seuss
- “Recorded history is wrong. It’s wrong because the voiceless have no voice in it.” ~ Mary Lee Settle
- “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
- “Historians will come to their own judgments about President Kennedy. Here is how I choose to remember him. He was an heir to wealth who felt the anguish of the poor. He was an orator of excellence who spoke for the voiceless. He was a son of Harvard who reached out to the sons and daughters of Appalachia. He was a man of special grace who had a special care for the retarded and handicapped. He was a hero of war who fought hardest for peace. He said and proved in word and deed that one man can make a difference.” ~ Edward Kennedy
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“To be courageous is to be a voice for the voiceless” ~ Tariq Ramadan
- “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
- “But finding a voice-let’s be clear-is a political act. It defines a moment of presence, of being awake; and it involves not only self-understanding, but the ability to transmit that selfunderstanding to others…To experience yourself as “voiceless” is a definition of depression, subjugation, and being counted out. .” ~ Mary Rose O’Reilley
- “I own no TV stations, or Radio Stations or Newspapers. But I feel that people need to be educated as to what is going on, and to understand the connection between the news media and the instruments of repression in Amerika. All I have is my voice, my spirit and the will to tell the truth. But I sincerely ask, those of you in the Black media, those of you in the progressive media, those of you who believe in true freedom, to publish this statement and to let people know what is happening. We have no voice, so you must be the voice of the voiceless.” ~ Assata Shakur
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“Anybody can make a difference and be a voice for the voiceless.” ~ Zach Hunter
- “Happy is the man who can with vigorous wing Mount to those luminous serene fields! The man whose thoughts, like larks, Take liberated flight toward the morning skies –Who hovers over life and understands without effort The language of flowers and voiceless things!” ~ Charles Baudelaire
- “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
- “Art is the way to the absolute and to the essence of human life. The aim of art is not the one-sided promotion of spirit, soul and senses, but the opening of all human capacities – thought, feeling, will – to the life rhythm of the world of nature. So will the voiceless voice be heard and the self be brought into harmony with it.” ~ Bruce Lee
- “I am a victim-oriented person. I like to see that the victims know that they have a voice.” ~ Fatou Bensouda
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“Cowardice asks the question, is it safe?” ~ Martin Luther King, Jr.
- “The science and technology which have advanced man safely into space have brought about startling medical advances for man on earth. Out of space research have come new knowledge, techniques and instruments which have enabled some bedridden invalids to walk, the totally deaf to hear, the voiceless to talk, and, in the foreseeable future, may even make it possible for the blind to “see.”” ~ Hubertus Strughold
- “I love the idea that ‘a person is a person no matter how small’.” ~ Jim Carrey
- “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
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“Lost Echo sits amid the voiceless mountains, And feeds her grief.” ~ Percy Bysshe Shelley
- “Life is a narrow vale between the cold and barren peaks of two eternities. We strive in vain to look beyond the heights. We cry aloud-and the only answer is the echo of our wailing cry. From the voiceless lips of the unreplying dead there comes no word. But in the night of Death Hope sees a star and listening Love can hear the rustling of a wing.” ~ Robert Green Ingersoll
- “Phil Cousineau has created a fine companion book to accompany the important film he and Gary Rhine have made in defense of the religious traditions of Native Americans. [Native Americans] are recognized the world over as keepers of a vital piece of the Creator’s original orders, and yet they are regarded as little more than squatters at home. This book features impressive interviews, beautiful illustrations, and gives a voice to the voiceless.” ~ Peter Coyote
- “We are conjured voiceless out of nothing and must return to an unknowing state. What happens in between is an uncontrolled dance, and what we ask for in love is no more than a momentary chance to get the steps right, to move in harmony until the music stops.” ~ Louise Erdrich
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“Donald Trump is basically giving voice to a lot of people who have felt that they were voiceless.” ~ Paul Ryan
- “I really don’t want to produce artwork that does not have meaning beyond simple decorative values. I want to use public space to create a public voice, and a public consciousness about the presence of people who are, in fact, the majority of the population but who are not represented in any visual way. By telling their stories we are giving voice to the voiceless and visualizing the whole of the American story.” ~ Judy Baca
- “There have been decades of failed policies: zero tolerance, harassment and people being locked up for small crimes -\-\ policies that drive a divide between communities and law enforcement. So many people feel like they are voiceless, that they’ve been dehumanized. What we saw in the riots is a result of that.” ~ Marilyn Mosby
- “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
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“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
- “I wanted to find a way to speak for people. It was important for me, because so many people spoke for me when I was a kid and made me feel less invisible, and I wanted kids or whoever is listening to my music not to feel so voiceless.” ~ Emeli Sande
- “It’s about using social media for social change: creating a community of advocates who can use their voices on behalf of the voiceless, or leverage their talents, skills, knowledge, and resources to put more children into classrooms, or pressure their elected representatives to get global education top of the agenda.” ~ Queen Rania of Jordan
- “My philosophy about journalism is simple – that we have a job to hold those in power accountable, to give voice to the voiceless, and to provide people with information that they can use to make informed decisions about what policies they want enacted in their name and what policies they don’t.” ~ Jeremy Scahill
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“Martin Luther King was a voice to the voiceless, and he did that tirelessly, and his faith was the engine to that. But he was just a human being, at the end of the day.” ~ David Oyelowo
- “It’s very easy for me to begin to believe the publicity about myself, whether for or against. It can give you an absurd idea of yourself. I know that there’s a fine balance between accepting your own power with grace and misusing it. And I don’t ever want to portray myself as a representative of the voiceless. I’m scared of that.” ~ Arundhati Roy
- “We have more families at risk with the death penalty. It targets the voiceless, the poor, people of color. And so it’s important just to understand what your government is doing and how much they are spending.” ~ Susan Sarandon
- “Mostly out of step, young people, especially poor minorities and low-income whites, are increasingly inscribed within a machinery of dead knowledge, social relations and values in which there is an attempt to render them voiceless and invisible.” ~ Henry Giroux
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“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
- “Jane Goodall is my idol and someone I have always looked up to for the amazing work she has done with chimpanzees. She has transcended animal welfare as the voice for the voiceless and has changed many people’s views about how they think and treat not only chimps but all of the amazing animals we share this planet with.” ~ Katie Cleary
- “A beautiful woman risking everything for a mad passion. A few wild weeks of happiness cut short by a hideous, treacherous crime. Months of voiceless agony, and then a child born in pain. The mother snatched away by death, the boy left to solitude and the tyranny of an old and loveless man. Yes, it was an interesting background. It posed the lad, made him more perfect as it were. Behind every exquisite thing that existed, there was something tragic.” ~ Oscar Wilde
