I'm especially concerned about the future of this country, because I'm concerned about the gay people of the future. We need to ensure their good life by registering to vote.
Interpretation
The quote emphasizes the importance of civic engagement for the well-being of marginalized communities.
George Takei's quote highlights his concern for the future of the LGBTQ+ community and the necessity of participating in the democratic process to secure their rights and ensure a prosperous future. By advocating for voter registration, he stresses that active involvement in politics is crucial for creating a society where all individuals, particularly those who are often marginalized, can lead fulfilling lives.
In practice
This quote can be used in a speech at a pride event to motivate attendance at the polls.
I remembered some people who lived across the street from our home as we were being taken away. When I was a teenager, I had many after-dinner conversations with my father about our internment. He told me that after we were taken away, they came to our house and took everything. We were literally stripped clean.
I'd like to think that, when I explain it, that Mr. Trump will understand marriage is defined by two people who love each other, commit to each other, and will care for each other through thick and thin.
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How smart does a chimpanzee have to be before killing him constitutes murder?
The New Testament is of full authority and open to the understanding of simple men as to the points most needful to salvation.
A young man who wishes to remain a sound atheist cannot be too careful of his reading.
Democracy is a poor system of government at best; the only thing that can honestly be said in its favor is that it is eight times as good as any other method the human race has ever tried.
Never forget that when we are dealing with any pleasure in its healthy and normal and satisfying form, we are, in a sense, on the Enemy’s (God’s) ground…He [God] made the pleasure: all our research so far has not enabled us to produce one. All we can do is to encourage the humans to take the pleasures which our Enemy [God] has produced, at at times, or in ways, or in degrees, which He [God] has forbidden.
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