“We were on the roof of America and all we could do was yell”

“We fumed and screamed in our mountain nook, mad drunken Americans in the mighty land. We were on the roof of America and all we could do was yell, I guess--across the night...”

“America wasn't founded so that we could all be better. America was founded so we could all be anything we damned well pleased.”

“I wish I could say that racism and prejudice were only distant memories. We must dissent from the indifference. We must dissent from the apathy. We must dissent from the fear, the hatred and the mistrust…We must dissent because America can do better, because America has no choice but to do better.”

“I think in our desire to create a better America,we have to have civilized debate in this country and not just yelling.”

“We cried and sobbed and wept and bled tears. But when we were finished, all we could do was continue living.”