Politics is theater. It doesn't matter if you win. You make a statement. You say, "I'm here, pay attention to me

If we wish to rebuild our cities, we must first rebuild our neighborhoods.

Hope is never silent.

To sit on the front steps — whether it's a veranda in a small town or a concrete stoop in a big city — and to talk to our neighborhoods is infinitely more important than to huddle on the living-room lounger and watch a make-believe world in not-quite living color.

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.

I fully realize that a person who stands for what I stand for, an activist, a gay activist, becomes the target or the potential target for a person who is insecure, terrified, afraid, or very disturbed with themselves.

I finally reached the point where I knew I had to become involved or shut up.