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" was an American leader in social movements for civil rights, Socialist Party of America/socialism, pacifism and non-violence and gay rights. He was born and raised in Pennsylvania where his family was involved in civil rights work. In 1936, he moved to Harlem, New York City, and earned a living as a nightclub and stage singer, and continued activism for civil rights.
If you enjoy these quotes, be sure to check out other famous leaders! More Bayard Rustin on Wikipedia.[Bigotry's] birthplace is the sinister back room of the mind where plots and schemes are hatched for the persecution and oppression of other human beings.
When you're wrong, you're wrong. But when you're right, you're wrong anyhow.
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