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Quotes by Bayard Rustin

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When you’re wrong, you’re wrong. But when you’re right, you’re wrong anyhow.
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When you’re wrong, you’re wrong. But when you’re right, you’re wrong anyhow.
It occurred to me shortly after that that it was an absolute necessity for me to declare homosexuality, because if I didn’t I was a part of the prejudice. I was aiding and abetting the prejudice that was a part of the effort to destroy me.
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It occurred to me shortly after that that it was an absolute necessity for me to declare homosexuality, because if I didn’t I was a part of the prejudice. I was aiding and abetting the prejudice that was a part of the effort to destroy me.
Since Israel is a democratic state surrounded by essentially undemocratic states which have sworn her destruction, those interested in democracy everywhere must support Israel’s existence.
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Since Israel is a democratic state surrounded by essentially undemocratic states which have sworn her destruction, those interested in democracy everywhere must support Israel’s existence.
The only weapon we have is our bodies, and we need to tuck them in places so wheels don’t turn.
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The only weapon we have is our bodies, and we need to tuck them in places so wheels don’t turn.
When an individual is protesting society’s refusal to acknowledge his dignity as a human being, his very act of protest confers dignity on him.
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When an individual is protesting society’s refusal to acknowledge his dignity as a human being, his very act of protest confers dignity on him.
We are all one – and if we don’t know it, we will learn it the hard way.
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We are all one – and if we don’t know it, we will learn it the hard way.
We are all one - and if we don't know it, we will learn it the hard way.
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We are all one - and if we don't know it, we will learn it the hard way.
Let us be enraged about injustice, but let us not be destroyed by it.
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Let us be enraged about injustice, but let us not be destroyed by it.
We need, in every community, a group of angelic troublemakers.
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We need, in every community, a group of angelic troublemakers.
The real radical is that person who has a vision of equality and is willing to do those things that will bring reality closer to that vision. . .
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The real radical is that person who has a vision of equality and is willing to do those things that will bring reality closer to that vision. . .
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