Hope will never be silent.
If a bullet should enter my brain, let that bullet destroy every closet door.
It takes no compromising to give people their rights. It takes no money to respect the individual. It takes no survey to remove repressions.
Once you have dialogue starting, you know you can break down prejudice.
My name is Harvey Milk and I'm here to recruit you.
Burst down those closet doors once and for all, and stand up and start to fight.
How can people change their minds about us if they don't know who we are?
You must come out. Come out... to your parents... I know that it is hard and will hurt them, but think about how they will hurt you in the voting booth!
I have tasted freedom. I will not give up that which I have tasted.
More people have been slaughtered in the name of religion than for any other single reason. That, my friends, that is true perversion.
If we wish to rebuild our cities, we must first rebuild our neighborhoods. And to do that, we must understand that the quality of life is more important than the standard of living.
If you help elect more gay people, that gives a green light to all who feel disenfranchised, a green light to move forward. It means hope to a nation that has given up, because if a gay person makes it, the doors are open to everyone.
Give me your support, and I'll fight for you... I'll fight for you because I am you.
If every gay person were to come out only to his/her own family, friends, neighbors and fellow workers, within days the entire state would discover that we are not the stereotypes generally assumed.
If I do a good job, people won't care if I am green or have three heads.
The first gay people we elect must be strong. They must not be content to sit in the back of the bus. They must not be content to accept pablum. They must be above wheeling and dealing.
I stand for all those who feel that the government no longer understands the individual and no longer respects individual rights.
Never take an elevator in city hall.
All over the country, they're reading about me, and the story doesn't center on me being gay. It's just about a gay person who is doing his job.
Coming out is the most political thing you can do.
