Bayard Rustin Quote

If people do not organize in the name of their interest, the world will not take them as being serious. And that is the chief reason that every person who is gay should join some gay organization. Because he must prove to the world that he cares about his own freedom.

Time on Two Crosses: The Collected Writings of Bayard Rustin (ed. Simon and Schuster, 2003) - ISBN: 9781573446334