75 Quotes by Harvey Milk

I know that you cannot live on hope alone, but without it, life is not worth living. And you...And you...And you...Gotta give em hope.

I know you can't live on hope alone; but without hope, life is not worth living. So you, and you and you: you got to give them hope; you got to give them hope.

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

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 own inability to adjust to life.

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

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

Coming out is the most political thing you can do

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.

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