Martin Luther King, With Whom I Worked

If We Desire A Society In Which Men Are Brothers, Then We Must Act Towards One Another With Brotherhood. If We Can Build Such A Society, Then We Would Have Achieved The Ultimate Goal Of Human Freedom.

Every Indifference To Prejudice Is Suicide Because, If I Don’t Fight All Bigotry, Bigotry Itself Will Be Strengthened And, Sooner Or Later, It Will Return On Me.

My Activism Did Not Spring From My Being Gay, Or, For That Matter, From My Being Black. Rather, It Is Rooted Fundamentally In My Quaker Upbringing And The Values That Were Instilled In Me By My Grandparents Who Reared Me.

The Journey Of Reconciliation Was Organized Not Only To Devise Techniques For Eliminating Jim Crow In Travel, But Also As A Training Ground For Similar Peaceful Projects Against Discrimination In Such Major Areas As Employment And In The Armed Services.

Every Gay Who Is In The Closet Is Ultimately A Threat To The Freedom Of Gays. I Don't Want To Seem Intolerant To Them And I Think We Have To Say That To Them With A Great Deal Of Affection, But Remaining In The Closet Is The Other Side Of The Prejudice Against Gays. Because Until You Challenge It, You Are Not Playing An Active Role In Fighting It.