“Disease generally begins that equality which death completes; the distinctions which set one man so much above another are very little perceived in the gloom of a sick chamber, where it will be vain to expect entertainment from the gay, or instruction from the wise; where all human glory is obliterated, the wit is clouded, the reasoner perplexed, and the hero subdued; where the highest and brightest of mortal beings finds nothing left him but the consciousness of innocence.” MenHumansLittlesLeftConsciousnessWiseHeroGayDiseaseHighestGlorySickEntertainmentWitMortalsInnocenceVainDistinctionOne ManInstructionChamberGloomCloudedPerplexed Book:The Rambler: In Four Volumes.. Source: The Rambler: In Four Volumes..
“[On gay ban in the military:] Heroism, I believe, is a trait that does not know race, color, creed, sex, or sexual orientation.” KnowsBelieveDoeI BelieveSexRaceMilitaryColorHeroGayTraitsCreedsHeroismBansOrientation Author:Dianne Feinstein
“If we [gays] want to be equal under the law, we must now - as the great heroes of the Civil Rights movement of 1963 and 1964 showed us - turn our attention to the federal government.” IfsWantGovernmentLawTurnsAttentionRightsMovementHeroGayEqualCivil RightsFederal GovernmentCivil Rights MovementGreat Hero Author:Cleve Jones
“I think people feel threatened by homosexuality. The problem isn't about gay people, the problem is about the attitude towards gay people. People think that all gays are Hannibal Lecters. But gay people are sons and daughters, politicians and doctors, American heroes and daughters of American heroes.” PeopleThinkingFeelsProblemMotherAttitudeSonHeroPoliticianGayDaughterDoctorsHomosexualityThreatenedGay PeopleSon And DaughterAmerican Hero Author:Hollis Stacy