Activist Quote by Harvey Milk

“I fully realize that a person who stands for what I stand for, an activist, a gay activist, becomes the target or the potential target for a person who is insecure, terrified, afraid, or very disturbed with themselves.” quote by Harvey Milk — Download Open image

“I fully realize that a person who stands for what I stand for, an activist, a gay activist, becomes the target or the potential target for a person who is insecure, terrified, afraid, or very disturbed with themselves.”

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Never take an elevator in city hall.

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Out of the bars and into the streets!

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Rights are won only by those who make their voices heard.

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Let me have my tax money go for my protection and not for my prosecution. Let my tax money go for the protection of me. Protect my home, protect my streets, protect my car, protect my life, protect my property...worry about becoming a human being and not about how you can prevent others from enjoying their lives because of your…

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Freedom is too enormous to be slipped under a closet door.

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