14 quotes
"If you're not personally free to be yourself in that most important of all human activities — the expression of love — then life itself loses its meaning."
- Harvey Milk
Love
"How can people change their minds about us if they don’t know who we are?"
- Harvey Milk
Awareness
"Hope will never be silent."
- Harvey Milk
Hope
"Rights are won only by those who make their voices heard."
- Harvey Milk
Courage
"We will not win our rights by staying quietly in our closets."
- Harvey Milk
Courage
"It takes no compromise to give people their rights… It takes no political deal to give people freedom."
- Harvey Milk
Courage
"If a bullet should enter my brain, let that bullet destroy every closet door."
- Harvey Milk
Courage
"If you help elect more gay people, that gives a green light to all who feel disenfranchised a green light to move forward."
- Harvey Milk
Leadership
"It takes no compromise to give people their rights. It takes no money to respect the individual. It takes no political deal to give people freedom. It takes no survey to remove repression."
- Harvey Milk
Responsibility
"It takes no compromise to give people their rights… it takes no money to respect the individual. It takes no political deal to give people freedom. It takes no survey to remove repression."
- Harvey Milk
Responsibility
"All young people, regardless of sexual orientation or identity, deserve a safe and supportive environment in which to achieve their full potential."
- Harvey Milk
Empowerment
"I think the biggest revolution in the world will be in the hearts and minds of the people."
- Harvey Milk
Change
"I have tasted freedom. I will not give up that which I have tasted."
- Harvey Milk
Determination
"All men are created equal. No matter how hard they try, they can never erase those words."
- Harvey Milk
Equilibrium