Harvey Milk

If we wish to rebuild our cities, we must first rebuild our neighborhoods. And to do that, we must understand that the quality of life is more important than the standard of living.

Hope will never be silent.

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

If I do a good job, people won't care if I am green or have three heads.

My name is Harvey Milk and I'm here to recruit you.

The fact is that more people have been slaughtered in the name of religion than for any other single reason. That, THAT my friends, is true perversion.

Never take an elevator in city hall.

All young people, regardless of sexual orientation or identity, deserve a safe and supportive environment in which to achieve their full potential.

Coming out is the most political thing you can do.

More people have been slaughtered in the name of religion than for any other single reason. That, my friends, that is true perversion.

The fact is that more people have been slaughtered in the name of religion than for any other single reason. That, that my friends, is true perversion.

I have tasted freedom. I will not give up that which I have tasted.

The important thing is not that we can live on hope alone but that life is not worth living without it.

It takes no compromising to give people their rights. It takes no money to respect the individual. It takes no survey to remove repressions.

Burst down those closet doors once and for all, and stand up and start to fight.

If a bullet should enter my brain, let that bullet destroy every closet door.

It takes no compromise to give people their rights…it takes no money to respect the individual. It takes no political deal to give people freedom. It takes no survey to remove repression.

If you help elect more gay people, that gives a green light to all who feel disenfranchised a green light to move forward.

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.