Attention Quote by Harvey Milk

“Politics is theater. It doesn't matter if you win. You make a statement. You say, "I'm here, pay attention to me”

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We will not win our rights by staying quietly in our closets.

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If it were true that children mimicked their teachers, you'd sure have a helluva lot more nuns running around.

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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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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…

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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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