Wadah Khanfar

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.

Palestinian Leader

Abby Martin

Words hold tremendous power, and if we don't reclaim our language and start seeing people instead of 'militants,' drone victims instead of 'bug splats,' or natural splendor instead of 'green infrastructure,' then the voiceless are destined to be silenced forever.

American Journalist

Martin Luther King III

Our obligation to fight pollution traces the roots of its persuasion to that same moral mountaintop from which my father lent his voice to the voiceless. The pursuit of civil equality in health helped build our environmental laws.

American Activist

Bill Duke

It's very important that we give a voice to the voiceless in terms of media; because media is a global phenom and it portrays you dependent upon what controls you have and the writers are doing great work.

American Actor

Ban Ki-moon

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.

South Korean Leader

Olivia Wilde

The thing that's wonderful about social media is that we are able to give a voice to the voiceless and to help educate each other. I benefit from it as much as I provide those lessons.

American Actress

Bianca Jagger

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.

Nicaraguan Celebrity

Rebecca Solnit

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.

American Writer

Dick Durbin

America wins when the voiceless have a seat at the table, when the vulnerable are protected, and when working families have the same political clout as the wealthy.

American Politician

Robert Green Ingersoll

How poor this world would be without its graves, without the memories of its mighty dead. Only the voiceless speak forever.

American Lawyer

Used to describe groups that lack political or social representation.

Societal Context

Highlights the struggle or injustice faced by individuals or groups.

Emotional Weight

Often used metaphorically to express lack of influence, not just the inability to speak.

Not Literal

Identifying voiceless sounds helps with correct English pronunciation.

Pronunciation Clues

Practice by temporarily holding your throat to feel for vibrations when speaking.

Pronunciation Practice

Understanding voiceless sounds helps in distinguishing words that sound similar.

Speech Contrast

Describes objects incapable of producing sound, suggesting disuse or malfunction.

Silent Object

Sets a scene or mood by implying a sense of emptiness or abandonment.

Desolate Mood

May imply temporary silence rather than permanent absence of noise.

Not Always Silent

 people are talked about voiceless as it should have been but much more importantly the distribution is much wider there are many people who end up on the far left of this distribution who are talked about ten times fewer and they should have been but then also many people on the far right who seem to benefit from propaganda this picture

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 and indeed I was moved by it, because I had become a lawyer because I wanted to speak for the voiceless, defend the defenseless, and I'd never realized how voiceless and defenseless the trillions, billions of nonhuman animals are. And I began to work as an animal protection lawyer.

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 because of what I've seen in the developing world. And for me, this topic has become very close to heart because you meet these women and they are so often voiceless. And yet they shouldn't be -- they should have a voice, they should have access. And so I hope they'll feel

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 come to feel incredibly passionate about this issue because of what I've seen in the developing world and for me this topic has become very close to heart because you meet these women and they are so often voiceless and yet they shouldn't be they should have voice they

 been a big part of social change and it's by giving expressive voice to those who often feel voiceless but real awareness and understanding can be achieved it was a thrill to see the city music project encourage children as young as six years old to create musical

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 I'm not even a humanitarian aid doctor, and I can't tell you the times of how helpless I've felt to have people dying in front of me, and I couldn't save them. All I am is a witness. My role is to bring a voice to people who are voiceless.

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 can find God God is found in the effort to help out someone in need to stand up for justice in society and for the down and out and the voiceless there's a way in which you can connect to God I was following some of the trends of

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 if you have done everything you said you should, and it still doesn't work out, fatigue can sap you of your energy. But that's why you go back to the "why" of it. Because I know we have to have women who speak for the voiceless.

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 it does not appear to exist for the Chinese public. But also, Chinese social media is really changing Chinese mindsets and Chinese life. For example, they give the voiceless people a channel to make your voice heard.

Michael Anti: Behind the...

 the very people who were once the voiceless objects of our curiosity. And this doesn't even require us to fully understand others' beliefs, only that we respect them. Museums are temples to things past.

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