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Bayard Rustin Quotes

War is wrong. Conscription for war is inconsistent with freedom of conscience, which is not merely the right to believe but to act on the degree of truth that one receives, to follow a vocation which is God-inspired and God-directed Picture Quote #1

We demand that segregation be ended in every school district in the year 1963! We demand that we have effective civil rights legislation - no compromise, no filibuster - and that include public accommodations, decent housing, integrated education, FEPC and the right to vote Picture Quote #1

I have seen periods of progress followed by reaction. I have seen the hopes and aspirations of Negroes rise during World War II, only to be smashed during the Eisenhower years. I am seeing the victories of the Kennedy and Johnson Administrations destroyed by Richard Nixon Picture Quote #1

I am a Quaker. And as everyone knows, Quakers, for 300 years, have, on conscientious ground, been against participating in war. I was sentenced to three years in federal prison because I could not religiously and conscientiously accept killing my fellow man Picture Quote #1

Surely, I must at all times attempt to obey the law of the state. But when the will of God and the will of the state conflict, I am compelled to follow the will of God Picture Quote #1

God does not require us to achieve any of the good tasks that humanity must pursue. What God requires of us is that we not stop trying Picture Quote #1

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To be afraid is to behave as if the truth were not true Picture Quote #1

If we desire a society in which men are brothers, then we must act towards one another with brotherhood. If we can build such a society, then we would have achieved the ultimate goal of human freedom Picture Quote #1

You have to join every other movement for the freedom of people Picture Quote #1

I believe in social dislocation and creative trouble Picture Quote #1

Let us be enraged about injustice, but let us not be destroyed by it Picture Quote #1

The proof that one truly believes is in action Picture Quote #1

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We need, in every community, a group of angelic troublemakers Picture Quote #1

If we desire a society without discrimination, then we must not discriminate against anyone in the process of building this society. If we desire a society that is democratic, then democracy must become a means as well as an end Picture Quote #1

My activism did not spring from being black... The racial injustice that was present in this country during my youth was a challenge to my belief in the oneness of the human family Picture Quote #1

Gays are beginning to realize what blacks learned long ago: Unless you are out here fighting for yourself then nobody else will help you. I think the gay community has a moral obligation to continue the fight Picture Quote #1

The moral man is he who is opposed to injustice per se, opposed to injustice wherever he finds it; the moral man looks for injustice first of all in himself Picture Quote #1

There is a strong moralistic strain in the civil rights movement that would remind us that power corrupts, forgetting that the absence of power also corrupts Picture Quote #1

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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 Picture Quote #1

I am an opponent of war and of war preparations and an opponent of universal military training and conscription; but entirely apart from that issue, I hold that segregation in any part of the body politic is an act of slavery and an act of war Picture Quote #1

If I do not fight bigotry wherever it is, bigotry is thereby strengthened. And to the degree that it is strengthened, it will, thereby, have the power to turn on me Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

Every indifference to prejudice is suicide because, if I don’t fight all bigotry, bigotry itself will be strengthened and, sooner or later, it will return on me Picture Quote #1

When you’re wrong, you’re wrong. But when you’re right, you’re wrong anyhow Picture Quote #1

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Bigotrys birthplace is the sinister back room of the mind where plots and schemes are hatched for the persecution and oppression of other human beings Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

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War is wrong. Conscription for war is inconsistent with freedom of conscience, which is not merely the right to believe but to act on the degree of truth that one receives, to follow a vocation which is God-inspired and God-directed. (Bayard Rustin Quotes) We demand that segregation be ended in every school district in the year 1963! We demand that we have effective civil rights legislation - no compromise, no filibuster - and that include public accommodations, decent housing, integrated education, FEPC and the right to vote. (Bayard Rustin Quotes) I have seen periods of progress followed by reaction. I have seen the hopes and aspirations of Negroes rise during World War II, only to be smashed during the Eisenhower years. I am seeing the victories of the Kennedy and Johnson Administrations destroyed by Richard Nixon. (Bayard Rustin Quotes) I am a Quaker. And as everyone knows, Quakers, for 300 years, have, on conscientious ground, been against participating in war. I was sentenced to three years in federal prison because I could not religiously and conscientiously accept killing my fellow man (Bayard Rustin Quotes) Surely, I must at all times attempt to obey the law of the state. But when the will of God and the will of the state conflict, I am compelled to follow the will of God (Bayard Rustin Quotes) God does not require us to achieve any of the good tasks that humanity must pursue. What God requires of us is that we not stop trying (Bayard Rustin Quotes) To be afraid is to behave as if the truth were not true (Bayard Rustin Quotes) If we desire a society in which men are brothers, then we must act towards one another with brotherhood. If we can build such a society, then we would have achieved the ultimate goal of human freedom (Bayard Rustin Quotes) You have to join every other movement for the freedom of people (Bayard Rustin Quotes) I believe in social dislocation and creative trouble (Bayard Rustin Quotes) Let us be enraged about injustice, but let us not be destroyed by it (Bayard Rustin Quotes) The proof that one truly believes is in action (Bayard Rustin Quotes) We need, in every community, a group of angelic troublemakers (Bayard Rustin Quotes) If we desire a society without discrimination, then we must not discriminate against anyone in the process of building this society. If we desire a society that is democratic, then democracy must become a means as well as an end (Bayard Rustin Quotes) My activism did not spring from being black... The racial injustice that was present in this country during my youth was a challenge to my belief in the oneness of the human family (Bayard Rustin Quotes) Gays are beginning to realize what blacks learned long ago: Unless you are out here fighting for yourself then nobody else will help you. I think the gay community has a moral obligation to continue the fight (Bayard Rustin Quotes) The moral man is he who is opposed to injustice per se, opposed to injustice wherever he finds it; the moral man looks for injustice first of all in himself (Bayard Rustin Quotes) There is a strong moralistic strain in the civil rights movement that would remind us that power corrupts, forgetting that the absence of power also corrupts (Bayard Rustin Quotes) The only weapon we have is our bodies, and we need to tuck them in places so wheels don’t turn (Bayard Rustin Quotes) I am an opponent of war and of war preparations and an opponent of universal military training and conscription; but entirely apart from that issue, I hold that segregation in any part of the body politic is an act of slavery and an act of war (Bayard Rustin Quotes) If I do not fight bigotry wherever it is, bigotry is thereby strengthened. And to the degree that it is strengthened, it will, thereby, have the power to turn on me (Bayard Rustin Quotes) 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 (Bayard Rustin Quotes) Every indifference to prejudice is suicide because, if I don’t fight all bigotry, bigotry itself will be strengthened and, sooner or later, it will return on me (Bayard Rustin Quotes) When you’re wrong, you’re wrong. But when you’re right, you’re wrong anyhow (Bayard Rustin Quotes) Bigotrys birthplace is the sinister back room of the mind where plots and schemes are hatched for the persecution and oppression of other human beings (Bayard Rustin Quotes) 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 (Bayard Rustin Quotes)