I am an opponent of war and of war preparations and an opponent of universal military training and conscription; but entirely apart from that issue, I hold that segregation in any part of the body politic is an act of slavery and an act of war.
There is a strong moralistic strain in the civil rights movement that would remind us that power corrupts, forgetting that the absence of power also … - Bayard Rustin
There is a strong moralistic strain in the civil rights movement that would remind us that power corrupts, forgetting that the absence of power also …
- Bayard Rustin
We need, in every community, a group of angelic troublemakers. - Bayard Rustin
We need, in every community, a group of angelic troublemakers.
The real radical is that person who has a vision of equality and is willing to do those things that will bring reality closer to that vision. . . - Bayard Rustin
The real radical is that person who has a vision of equality and is willing to do those things that will bring reality closer to that vision. . .
I believe in social dislocation and creative trouble. - Bayard Rustin
I believe in social dislocation and creative trouble.
To be afraid is to behave as if the truth were not true. - Bayard Rustin
To be afraid is to behave as if the truth were not true.
If we desire a society without discrimination, then we must not discriminate against anyone in the process of building this society. If we desire a s… - Bayard Rustin
If we desire a society without discrimination, then we must not discriminate against anyone in the process of building this society. If we desire a s…
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
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.
If I do not fight bigotry wherever it is, bigotry is thereby strengthened. And to the degree that it is strengthened, it will, thereby, have the powe… - Bayard Rustin
If I do not fight bigotry wherever it is, bigotry is thereby strengthened. And to the degree that it is strengthened, it will, thereby, have the powe…
We are all one - and if we don't know it, we will learn it the hard way. - Bayard Rustin
We are all one - and if we don't know it, we will learn it the hard way.
Login to join the discussion
Login to join the discussion