Harvey Milk Quotes

If It Were True That Children Mimicked Their Teachers, You'd Sure Have A Helluva Lot More Nuns Running Around.

Out Of The Bars And Into The Streets!

Never Take An Elevator In City Hall.

Some People Call Me The Unofficial Mayor Of Castro Street.

The American Dream Starts With The Neighborhoods.

A Reading Of The Declaration Of Independence On The Steps Of A Building Is Widely Covered. The Events That Started The American Revolution Were The Meetings In Homes, Pubs, On Street Corners.

I Would Like To See Every Gay Doctor Come Out, Every Gay Lawyer, Every Gay Architect Come Out, Stand Up And Let That World Know. That Would Do More To End Prejudice Overnight Than Anybody Would Imagine. I Urge Them To Do That, Urge Them To Come Out. Only That Way Will We Start To Achieve Our Rights.

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 I Do A Good Job, People Won't Care If I Am Green Or Have Three Heads.

Politics Is Theater. It Doesn't Matter If You Win. You Make A Statement. You Say, "i'm Here, Pay Attention To Me

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.