- “My name is Harvey Milk and I’m here to recruit you.” Harvey Milk
- “I cannot prevent anyone from getting angry, or mad, or frustrated. I can only hope that they’ll turn that anger and frustration and madness into something positive, so that two, three, four, five hundred will step forward, so the gay doctors will come out, the gay lawyers, the gay judges, gay bankers, gay architects … I hope that every professional gay will say ‘enough’, come forward and tell everybody, wear a sign, let the world know. Maybe that will help.” Harvey Milk, 1978
- “I fully realize that a person who stands for what I stand for, an activist, a gay activist, becomes the target or the potential target for a person who is insecure, terrified, afraid, or very disturbed with themselves.” Harvey Milk, on a tape he made to be played in the event of his assassination
- “If a bullet should enter my brain, let that bullet destroy every closet door.” Harvey Milk
- “The fact is that more people have been slaughtered in the name of religion than for any other single reason. That, that my friends, is true perversion..” 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.” Harvey Milk
- “All men are created equal. No matter how hard you try, you can never erase those words.” Harvey Milk
- “You’re going to meet the most extraordinary men, the sexiest, brightest, funniest men, and you’re going to fall in love with so many of them, and you won’t know until the end of your life who your greatest friends were or your greatest love was.” Harvey Milk
- “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.” Harvey Milk
- “I have tasted freedom. I will not give up that which I have tasted. I have a lot more to drink. For that reason, the political numbers game will be played. I know the rules of their game now and how to play it.” Harvey Milk
- “Some people call me the unofficial mayor of Castro Street.” Harvey Milk
- “Burst down those closet doors once and for all, and stand up and start to fight.” Harvey Milk
- “All young people, regardless of sexual orientation or identity, deserve a safe and supportive environment in which to achieve their full potential.” Harvey Milk
- “It takes no compromising to give people their rights. It takes no money to respect the individual. It takes no survey to remove repressions.” Harvey Milk, in a 1973 speech during his first unsuccessful run for supervisor
- “I have tasted freedom. I will not give up that which I have tasted. I have a lot more to drink. For that reason, the political numbers game will be played. I know the rules of their game now and how to play it.” Harvey Milk, in his 1973 concession speech
- “You’ve got to promise me one thing. You’ve got to help bring gays into the Teamsters Union. We buy a lot of beer that the union delivers. It’s only fair that we get a share of the jobs.” Harvey Milk to Allan Baird, Teamsters Union representative and director of the Coors Beer boycott in California, who asked Milk to support the strike against six major beer distributors
- “Some people call me the unofficial mayor of Castro Street.” Harvey Milk, from his 1973 campaign speech
- “It’s not my victory, it’s yours and yours and yours. If a gay can win, it means there is hope that the system can work for all minorities if we fight. We’ve given them hope.” Harvey Milk, after winning a seat on the Board of Supervisors in 1977
- “People thought the pope would run the country. But after six months in office, when Kennedy started to do things, people never questioned him again. If I do a good job, people won’t care if I am green or have three heads.” Harvey Milk, the day after his 1977 election to the Board of Supervisors
- “Here’s to homogeneity.” Harvey Milk, toasting with the patrons of the Eureka, one of the last straight bars in the Castro, a few weeks before his death.
- “If I turned around every time somebody called me a faggot, I’d be walking backward – and I don’t want to walk backward.” Harvey Milk, quoted in The Chronicle
Does someone have the HARVEY MILK screenplay ? I need a quote from ‘ the refrigerator scene’ when HM puts the death threat drawing on his fridge, and, admonishing Scot’s suggestion to ignore it or throw it away, says “…”
meaning, IF YOU TRY TO HIDE (reality? what you are most afraid of?) IT GETS BIGGER AND SCARIER…
OMg i love harvey Milk he’s my idol except im not gay but i will wen i grow up be a activist and change the world for these gays(rainbows)and make sure in the world there is nooooo discrimination!!!!!!!
xxxKytexxx
Love the post, and like your blog
This is not from the script, but the subtitles of the DVD say:
No, if you put it away, you get it in a drawer, it just gets bigger and scarier. Here, it’s right here. We see it every day. It can’t get us.
harvey milk is my hero =)
Harvey Milk.
He is my hero.
More than anything else.
He made a difference.
Thank the Lord.
an inspiration to all of us.
Hi..I was just looking for information on Harvey Milk after seeing the movie…I always like to check the real facts from “Movie Facts”.
And I will say that i’m straight and that I hold no prejudice…I think they should focus more on civil rights in schools especially here in sunny scotland haha.
It’s sad that even now….Homosexuals are still viewed in a certain stereotypical light by the majority of straight people even if they don’t want to admit or even help it..it’s all down to conditioning I suppose.
Dare I use that saying that all us straight people use if we think we’ve insulted someone who is Homosexual…. ahem.. .” I have a lot of gay friends”..
In actual fact my best friend is gay and I love her with all my heart.
Although we’ve come a long long way and things have gotten better there’s still work to do..
Anywho great movie with loads of quotes and it seems eveyone has been listed in a previous post so I can’t help lol
Can’t wait to visit Castro Street and where the Harvey Milk camera store was next year with my gorgeous wife. The world needs more love to all humanity. I was deeply saddened by the movie “Milk,” and think it is very unfortunate that a great number of people still feel the same towards the gay population. STOP THE HATRED PEOPLE!!!!! Gays are human like everybody else.
Being from Canada means we have a little more tolerance. But still, the ignorance exists. Educate yourselves folks………really educate yourselves……..Being an LGBTT community member or educated ally is a good thing…..as a matter of fact, a great thing!
Yes, we do need allies.My hope is that some day we won’t need to have allies as everyone will be seen as equal regardless of race, colour or sexual orientation. Some day soon.
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