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> [“Let's make no mistake about this: The American Dream starts with the neighborhoods. 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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harvey-milk/let-s-make-no-mistake-about-this-the-american-dream-starts-with-the/)

[Harvey Milk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harvey-milk/)

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> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harvey-milk/to-sit-on-the-front-steps-whether-it-s-a-veranda-in-a-small-town-or-a/)

[Harvey Milk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harvey-milk/)

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## Other authors on Big city

- [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b020/author-ree-drummond-77898.jpg) Ree Drummond 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/big-city/ree-drummond/)

## More by Harvey Milk

> [Some people call me the unofficial mayor of Castro Street.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harvey-milk/some-people-call-me-the-unofficial-mayor-of-castro-street/)

[Harvey Milk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harvey-milk/)

> [“Let's make no mistake about this: The American Dream starts with the neighborhoods. If we wish to rebuild our cities, we must first rebuild…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harvey-milk/let-s-make-no-mistake-about-this-the-american-dream-starts-with-the/)

[Harvey Milk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harvey-milk/)

> [We will not win our rights by staying quietly in our closets.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harvey-milk/we-will-not-win-our-rights-by-staying-quietly-in-our-closets/)

[Harvey Milk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harvey-milk/)

> [If it were true that children mimicked their teachers, you'd sure have a helluva lot more nuns running around.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harvey-milk/if-it-were-true-that-children-mimicked-their-teachers-you-d-sure-have/)

[Harvey Milk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harvey-milk/)

> [Never take an elevator in city hall.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harvey-milk/never-take-an-elevator-in-city-hall/)

[Harvey Milk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harvey-milk/)

> [Out of the bars and into the streets!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harvey-milk/out-of-the-bars-and-into-the-streets/)

[Harvey Milk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harvey-milk/)

> [Rights are won only by those who make their voices heard.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harvey-milk/rights-are-won-only-by-those-who-make-their-voices-heard/)

[Harvey Milk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harvey-milk/)

> [We are coming out to tell the truths about gays, for I am tired of the conspiracy of silence, so I'm going to talk…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harvey-milk/we-are-coming-out-to-tell-the-truths-about-gays-for-i-am-tired-of-the/)

[Harvey Milk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harvey-milk/)

> [The first gay people we elect must be strong. They must not be content to sit in the back of the bus. They must…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harvey-milk/the-first-gay-people-we-elect-must-be-strong-they-must-not-be-content/)

[Harvey Milk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harvey-milk/)

> [Let me have my tax money go for my protection and not for my prosecution. Let my tax money go for the protection of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harvey-milk/let-me-have-my-tax-money-go-for-my-protection-and-not-for-my/)

[Harvey Milk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harvey-milk/)

> [I wish I had time to explain everything I did. Almost everything was done with an eye on the GLBT movement...last week I got…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harvey-milk/i-wish-i-had-time-to-explain-everything-i-did-almost-everything-was/)

[Harvey Milk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harvey-milk/)

> [Freedom is too enormous to be slipped under a closet door.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harvey-milk/freedom-is-too-enormous-to-be-slipped-under-a-closet-door/)

[Harvey Milk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harvey-milk/)

> [It takes no compromising to give people their rights. It takes no money to respect the individual. It takes no survey to remove repressions.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harvey-milk/it-takes-no-compromising-to-give-people-their-rights-it-takes-no/)

[Harvey Milk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harvey-milk/)

> [If I turned around every time somebody called me a faggot, I'd be walking backward - and I don't want to walk backward.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harvey-milk/if-i-turned-around-every-time-somebody-called-me-a-faggot-i-d-be/)

[Harvey Milk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harvey-milk/)

> [“You’ve gotta give them hope. If a bullet should enter my brain, let that bullet destroy every closet door”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harvey-milk/you-ve-gotta-give-them-hope-if-a-bullet-should-enter-my-brain-let/)

[Harvey Milk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harvey-milk/)

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