It takes no compromise to give people their rights

If you are not personally free to be yourself in that most important of all human activities... the expression of love... then life itself loses its meaning.

If it were true that children mimicked their teachers, you'd sure have a helluva lot more nuns running around.

It takes no compromising to give people their rights. It takes no money to respect the individual. It takes no survey to remove repressions.

Every gay person must come out. As difficult as it is, you must tell your immediate family. You must tell your relatives. You must tell your friends if indeed they are your friends. You must tell the people you work with. You must tell the people in the stores you shop in. Once they realize that we are indeed their children, that we are indeed everywhere, every myth, every lie, every innuendo will be destroyed once and all. And once you do, you will feel so much better

Let me have my tax money go for my protection and not for my prosecution. Let my tax money go for the protection of me. Protect my home, protect my streets, protect my car, protect my life, protect my property...worry about becoming a human being and not about how you can prevent others from enjoying their lives because of your own inability to adjust to life.

I know that you cannot live on hope alone, but without it, life is not worth living. And you...And you...And you...Gotta give em hope.