I don't care who you love. If you love this country enough to risk your life for it, you shouldn't have to hide who you are.
Interpretation
Love for one's country should override any fears of being true to oneself.
This quote emphasizes that an individual's loyalty and willingness to risk their life for their country should be celebrated, regardless of their sexual orientation. It advocates for authenticity and acceptance, arguing that love for the nation should not require anyone to hide who they truly are.
In practice
During a pride event, this quote can be used to highlight the importance of acceptance and courage.
Merging the ability to conduct surveillance that reveals every aspect of a person's life with the ability to conjure up the legal authority to execute that surveillance, and finally, removing any accountable judicial oversight, creates the opportunity for unprecedented influence over our system of government.
It is a good face. I am glad this war is over at last.
The onward march of the human race requires that the heights around it constantly blaze with noble lessons of courage. Deeds of daring dazzle history and form one of man's guiding lights.
When the principles that run against your deepest convictions begin to win the day, then the battle is your calling, and peace has become sin. You must at the price of dearest peace lay your convictions bare before friend and enemy with all the fire of your faith.
War: First day in the U.S. Army, the government placed a Bible in my left hand, a bayonet in the other.
Stand before the people you fear and speak your mind - even if your voice shakes.
I always showed myself in the face of day, asserting the liberty and independence of my country, while some others, like owls, courted concealment and were too much afraid of losing their roosts to leave them for such a cause.
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