Bigotrys birthplace is the sinister back room of the mind where plots and schemes are hatched for the persecution and oppression of other human beings.
BAYARD RUSTINSince Israel is a democratic state surrounded by essentially undemocratic states which have sworn her destruction, those interested in democracy everywhere must support Israel’s existence.
More Bayard Rustin Quotes
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Every gay who is in the closet is ultimately a threat to the freedom of gays.
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Black gay activists should try to build coalitions of people for the elimination of all injustice.
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The real radical is that person who has a vision of equality and is willing to do those things that will bring reality closer to that vision. . .
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To be afraid is to behave as if the truth were not true.
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The organizers and perpetuators of segregation are as much the enemy of America as any foreign invader.
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If anyone thinks they’re going to get anything out of the Reagan administration for any particular group, they’re wrong!
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If I do not fight bigotry wherever it is, bigotry is thereby strengthened. And to the degree that it is strengthened, it will, thereby, have the power to turn on me.
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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.
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Both morally and practically, segregation is to me a basic injustice. Since I believe it to be so, I must attempt to remove it.
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If we desire a society without discrimination, then we must not discriminate against anyone in the process of building this society. If we desire a society that is democratic, then democracy must become a means as well as an end.
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The only weapon we have is our bodies, and we need to tuck them in places so wheels don’t turn
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I would say that the black newspapers have played it very straight. If I was attacked they simply published that I was attacked.
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When you’re wrong, you’re wrong. But when you’re right, you’re wrong anyhow.
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Gays are beginning to realize what blacks learned long ago: Unless you are out here fighting for yourself then nobody else will help you. I think the gay community has a moral obligation to continue the fight.
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Martin Luther King, with whom I worked very closely, became very distressed when a number of the ministers working for him wanted him to dismiss me from his staff because of my homosexuality.
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