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Bayard Rustin
Bayard Rustin
American Leader
Born: Mar 17, 1912
Died: Aug 24, 1987
Act Believe Democracy Society Truth War
Related authors: Brigham Young Ezra Taft Benson Henry B. Eyring Jefferson Davis Juliette Gordon Low Martin Luther King, Jr. Menachem Mendel Schneerson Walter Reuther
If we desire a society of peace, then we cannot achieve such a society through violence. 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 society that is democratic, then democracy must become a means as well as an end. Bayard Rustin
Democracy Peace Achieve Building Become Society We Cannot Must Through Democratic Well Without End Discriminate Discrimination Anyone Cannot Process Against Then Means Violence Desire
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
Dignity Human Being Society Individual Him Protest Protesting His Very Human Refusal Being Acknowledge Act
If we desire a society in which men are brothers, then we must act towards one another with brotherhood. If we can build such a society, then we would have achieved the ultimate goal of human freedom. Bayard Rustin
Freedom Men Build Society Must Would Brotherhood Brothers Towards Another Ultimate Ultimate Goal Goal Human Achieved Which Human Freedom Then Act Desire
To be afraid is to behave as if the truth were not true. Bayard Rustin
Truth True Were Behave Afraid
War is wrong. Conscription for war is inconsistent with freedom of conscience, which is not merely the right to believe but to act on the degree of truth that one receives, to follow a vocation which is God-inspired and God-directed. Bayard Rustin
Truth War Freedom Degree Believe Follow Vocation Wrong Merely Which Act Conscience Right Conscription Inconsistent Receives
I am a Quaker. And as everyone knows, Quakers, for 300 years, have, on conscientious ground, been against participating in war. I was sentenced to three years in federal prison because I could not religiously and conscientiously accept killing my fellow man. Bayard Rustin
War Man Three Prison Everyone Could Federal Participating Quaker Quakers Fellow Fellow Man Knows Accept Because Am Been Years Against Sentenced Ground Conscientious
I have seen periods of progress followed by reaction. I have seen the hopes and aspirations of Negroes rise during World War II, only to be smashed during the Eisenhower years. I am seeing the victories of the Kennedy and Johnson Administrations destroyed by Richard Nixon. Bayard Rustin
War World Progress Seen Richard Nixon Negroes Destroyed Nixon Administration Hopes Seeing Followed Rise Only Johnson Smashed Reaction Periods Am Years Eisenhower Victories Richard Aspirations Kennedy World War World War II
We demand that segregation be ended in every school district in the year 1963! We demand that we have effective civil rights legislation - no compromise, no filibuster - and that include public accommodations, decent housing, integrated education, FEPC and the right to vote. Bayard Rustin
Education Vote Rights School Year Every District Civil Civil Rights Compromise Segregation Demand Housing Integrated Effective Ended Legislation Decent Public Filibuster Include Right
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. Bayard Rustin
War Training Military Entirely Segregation Part Politic Am Opponent Issue Any Hold Apart Body Act Preparations Military Training Conscription Universal Slavery
The barometer for judging the character of people, in regard human rights, is now those who consider themselves gay, homosexual, lesbian. The judgment as to whether you can trust the future, the social advancement - depending on people - will be judged on where they come out on that question. Bayard Rustin
Future Character Gay You Rights Trust People Will Judgment Lesbian Human Rights Consider Those Out Advancement Come Judged Judging Question Human Depending Where Regard Whether Social Themselves Barometer Who Now Homosexual
My activism did not spring from my being gay, or, for that matter, from my being black. Rather, it is rooted fundamentally in my Quaker upbringing and the values that were instilled in me by my grandparents who reared me. Bayard Rustin
Me Gay Matter Values Black Spring Rather Instilled Quaker Were Upbringing Did Being Rooted Grandparents Who Activism Fundamentally
The Journey of Reconciliation was organized not only to devise techniques for eliminating Jim Crow in travel, but also as a training ground for similar peaceful projects against discrimination in such major areas as employment and in the armed services. Bayard Rustin
Journey Travel Training Jim Jim Crow Projects Reconciliation Similar Only Crow Area Major Armed Armed Services Devise Also Employment Discrimination Training Ground Against Organized Ground Peaceful Techniques Services
Surely, I must at all times attempt to obey the law of the state. But when the will of God and the will of the state conflict, I am compelled to follow the will of God. Bayard Rustin
God Conflict Obey Law Will State Must Follow Attempt Surely Am Times Compelled

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