I still hear people say that I should not be talking about the rights of lesbian and gay people, and I should stick to the issue of racial justice.

Women, in general, are not part of the corruption of the past, so they can give a new kind of leadership, a new image for mankind.

To really know someone is to have loved and hated him in turn.

I believe all Americans who believe in freedom, tolerance and human rights have a responsibility to oppose bigotry and prejudice based on sexual orientation.

There is a spirit and a need and a man at the beginning of every great human advance. Every one of these must be right for that particular moment of history, or nothing happens.

An evil deed is not redeemed by an evil deed in retaliation.

The more visible signs of protest are gone, but I think there is a realization that the tactics of the late sixties are not sufficient to meet the challenges of the seventies.