And we hoped that, as the economy worsened, Labour's voice would get louder, more forceful and that Ed Miliband would step up and speak out against the tearing apart of communities and families as they face insecurity and uncertainty.
Around the world, they stand up, speak out and tweet in the name of justice.
When fundamental human rights are threatened around the world, we stand up and speak out.
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"Somebody has to stand up and speak out, " says Yogendra Yadav, political analyst and member of the as yet-unnamed party.
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We have to stand up and speak out, President Obama said, if there is even one thing we can do to protect our kids.
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"My job is to stand up and speak out on behalf of children and to do that I use the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, " he said.
As in the past, he counsels the students, gauges their self-motivation and stability a child who has a resilient personality and is willing to speak up, he's quick to point out, is more likely to succeed and gets to know their parents.
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The students' union at Oxford University has expressed its "outrage" at the proposals and has called on the university to speak out against top-up fees.
They might well be induced to speak up if Mr Kohl were finally to cede to the sceptics and come out against a punctual start to the euro an issue on which, at least rhetorically, he has pinned his career.
The process draws out ideas and opinions from people who might otherwise hesitate to speak up.
Through intensive one-on-one exchanges with teachers and special tools like picture cards, Spike started learning how to speak up, rather than act out, when he was uncomfortable.
Former store managers speak guiltily of stiffing employees out of overtime pay, busting up attempts to unionize, and pushing poor families onto public assistance, and a Missouri family that had built up a grocery store through three generations describes how the store went bust soon after Wal-Mart opened one of its gigantic facilities in their town.
At core rehearsals, the broad themes of interpretation, tempo and phrasing are hashed out ahead of tutti rehearsals, in which each player is encouraged to speak up.
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When he did speak out, the media liked to play it up as some sort of a confrontation between Dick Cheney and Barack Obama.
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