If anyone thinks they're going to get anything out of the Reagan administration for any particular group, they're wrong! You have to all combine and fight a head-on battle - in the name of justice and equality - and even that's going to be difficult. But if we let ourselves get separated so that we're working for gays or school children or the aged, we're in trouble.
Bayard RustinGod does not require us to achieve any of the good tasks that humanity must pursue. What God requires of us is that we not stop trying.
Bayard RustinLooking back at his career, Mr. Rustin, a Quaker, once wrote: โThe principal factors which influenced my life are 1) nonviolent tactics; 2) constitutional means; 3) democratic procedures; 4) respect for human personality; 5) a belief that all people are one.โ
Bayard RustinThe real radical is that person who has a vision of equality and is willing to do those things that will bring reality closer to that vision. . .
Bayard RustinThe only weapon we have is our bodies, and we need to tuck them in places so wheels don't turn
Bayard RustinYou have to join every other movement for the freedom of people. Therefore join the movement as individuals against anti-Semitism, join the movements for the rights of Hispanics, the rights of women, the rights of gays. In other words, I think that each movement has to stand on its own feet because it has a particular agenda, but it can ask other people.
Bayard Rustin