“Homophobia is like racism and anti-Semitism and other forms of bigotry in that it seeks to dehumanize a large group of people, to deny their humanity, their dignity and personhood.”

“There is a spirit and a need and a man at the beginning of every great human advance. Every one of these must be right for that particular moment in history or nothing happens.”

“If American women increase their voting turnout by ten percent, I think we would see an end to all of the budget cuts in programs benefiting women and children.”

“When Good Friday comes, these are the moments in life when we feel there's no hope. But then, Easter comes.”

“Hate is too great a burden to bear. It injures the hater more than it injures the hated.”

“We should always be clear that animal exploitation is wrong because it involves speciesism. And speciesism is wrong because, like racism, sexism, homophobia, anti-semitism, classism, and all other forms of human discrimination, speciesism involves violence inflicted on members of the moral community where that infliction of violence cannot be morally justified. But that means that those of us who oppose speciesism necessarily oppose discrimination against humans. It makes no sense to say that speciesism is wrong because it is like racism (or any other form of discrimination) but that we do not have a position about racism. We do. We should be opposed to it and we should always be clear about that.”

“It took me awhile to recognize the difference between someone who genuinely cares about you and welcomes your company and someone who is just interested in your life's latest development”