Quotes by : Bayard Rustin

You have to join every other movement for the freedom of people.

To be afraid is to behave as if the truth were not true.

The only way to reduce ugliness in the world is to reduce it in yourself,

The principal factors which influenced my life are 1) nonviolent tactics 2) constitutional means 3) democratic....

We demand that segregation be ended in every school district in the year 1963! We demand that we have....

War is wrong. Conscription for war is inconsistent with freedom of conscience, which is not merely the....

If we desire a society of peace, then we cannot achieve such a society through violence. If we desire....

I am a Quaker. And as everyone knows, Quakers, for 300 years, have, on conscientious ground, been against....

If we desire a society in which men are brothers, then we must act towards one another with brotherhood.....

The barometer for judging the character of people, in regard human rights, is now those who consider....