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“We are following the blacks ... And we will follow, entering, perhaps, the same time as women.”

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Book:Stonewall: Breaking Out in the Fight for Gay Rights

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“You say that you love your children above everything else. And yet you are stealing their future.”

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“You lied to us. You gave us false hope. You told us that the future was something to look forward to. And the saddest thing is that most children are not even aware of the fate that awaits us. We will not understand it until it’s too late. And yet we are the lucky ones. Those who will be affected the hardest are already suffering the consequences. But their voices are not heard. Is my microphone on? Can you hear me?”

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“...But it is the sufferings of the many which pay for the luxuries of a few.”

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“So we can’t save the world by playing by the rules. Because the rules have to be changed. Everything needs to change. And it has to start today. So everyone out there: it is now time for civil disobedience. It is time to rebel.”

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“We have not taken to the streets for you to take selfies with us, and tell us that you really admire what we do. We children are doing this to wake the adults up. We children are doing this for you to put your differences aside and start acting as you would in a crisis. We children are doing this because we want our hopes and dreams back.”

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“Those of us who are still children can’t change what you do now once we’re old enough to do something about it.”

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