"It doesn't matter how strong your opinions are. If you don't use your power for positive change, you are, indeed, part of the problem."
"For many years now, I have been an outspoken supporter of civil and human rights for gay and lesbian people. Gays and lesbians stood up for civil rights in Montgomery, Selma, in Albany, Ga. and St. Augustine, Fla., and many other campaigns of the Civil Rights Movement. Many of these courageous men and women were fighting for my freedom at a time when they could find few voices for their own, and I salute their contributions."
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Source: Chicago Tribune, April 01, 1998.
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