Harvey Milk's Quotes

Hope will never be silent.

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

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

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.

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

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

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.

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

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

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

Coming out is the most political thing you can do.

Never take an elevator in city hall.