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> [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/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/51f/harvey-milk-9963_closets_we-will-not-win-our-rights-by-staying-qu_47677.jpg)

> [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/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/79b/harvey-milk-9963_closet_freedom-is-too-enormous-to-be-slipped-un_165403.jpg)

> [If a bullet should enter my brain, let that bullet destroy every closet door in the country.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harvey-milk/if-a-bullet-should-enter-my-brain-let-that-bullet-destroy-every/)

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

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/464/harvey-milk-9963_brain_if-a-bullet-should-enter-my-brain-let-th_591371.jpg)

## Other authors on Closets

## 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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