Harvey Milk Quotes

Welcome to my Harvey Milk quotes. This man is my hero he stood up for his rights and the rights of other gay people; he was courageous and an amazing human being. He was the first openly gay man to be elected into public office in California. He fought against gay discrimination in his short time in office and changed the lives of many. He was gunned down at his prime. The following Harvey Milk quotes are a salute to a great human being.

Politician and Gay Activist
(May 22, 1930 – November 27, 1978)

• HARVEY MILK QUOTE OF THE PAGE
  I ask this... If there should be an assassination, I would hope that five, ten, one hundred, a thousand would rise. I would like to see every gay lawyer, every gay architect come out - - If a bullet should enter my brain, let that bullet destroy every closet door... And that's all. I ask for the movement to continue. Because it's not about personal gain, not about ego, not about power... it's about the "us's" out there. Not only gays, but the Blacks, the Asians, the disabled, the seniors, the us's. Without hope, the us's give up - I know you cannot live on hope alone, but without it, life is not worth living. So you, and you, and you... You gotta give em' hope... you gotta give em' hope.
• More people have been slaughtered in the name of religion than for any other single reason. That, my friends, that is true perversion.
• It's not my victory, it's yours and yours and yours. If a gay can win, it means there is hope that the system can work for all minorities if we fight. We've given them hope.
• Hope will never be silent.
• All over the country, they're reading about me, and the story doesn't center on me being gay. It's just about a gay person who is doing his job.
• 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.
• If a bullet should enter my brain, let that bullet destroy every closet door.
• My name is Harvey Milk and I'm here to recruit you.
• All young people, regardless of sexual orientation or identity, deserve a safe and supportive environment in which to achieve their full potential
• It takes no compromising to give people their rights. It takes no money to respect the individual. It takes no survey to remove repressions.
• People thought the pope would run the country. But after six months in office, when Kennedy started to do things, people never questioned him again. If I do a good job, people won't care if I am green or have three heads.

Thank you very much for passing by my Harvey Milk quotes. To me Harvey Milk is the epitome of what I want to achieve, that is going out there and trying. The man did so much in a short time more than many do in a lifetime. Here's my toast to you Harvey Milk for standing up for gay rights and making a difference!

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