"When you're dealing with frauds and liars, listen more to what they don't say than what they do."

"When you've grown up mis-educated, surrounded by fear and hate, unaware of your privilege, lies can sound like the truth."

"Don't be a witness. Be an activist."

"Accepting fraud from our leaders means accepting fraud in our personal lives."

"Terror doesn't change people from gay to straight. It just hurts innocent people."

"One of the best ways you can fight discrimination is by taking good care of yourself. Your survival is not just important, it's an act of revolution."

"Love should never mean having to live in fear."

"Leadership by deception isn't leadership. It's fraud."

"Our democracy should aspire to be more democratic."

"It's illegal to deny people their records due to race or gender. Adoptees deserve the same rights and protections."

"The world could use more love. Why deny it to others?"

"Never be content to sit back and watch as others' rights are trampled upon. Your rights could be next."

"Leaders who do not help the people must be replaced by the people."

"Whites saying 'make America white again' is like millionaires saying 'make the wealthy rich again."

"A president cannot defend a nation if he is not held accountable to its laws."

"Racist legacy laws and modern racist practices are all part of the same system, and it needs to be changed now."

"Racism hurts everyone, including racists themselves."

"If you truly have faith in your convictions, then your convictions should be able to stand criticism and testing."

"Fear is the intended result of codifying homophobia into law."

"Democracy doesn't mean spreading terror."

"When we hide discrimination under the guise of 'religious freedom,' we make a mockery of human rights."

"Truth is hard, propaganda is cheap."

"If you defend free speech for bigots but not to combat bigotry, then you believe in bigotry, not free speech."

"Persecution complexes are reaffirming to those who benefit from unearned privileges."

"Only by speaking out can we create lasting change. And that change begins with coming out."

"If you voted for a man who said "Grab em by the pussy," you have zero room to claim to protect anyone in bathrooms."

"Calling for an end to hate shouldn't be treated as a punishable offense."

"We owe our loyalty to each other and to our children's children, not to party politics."

"Bigotry is based on deception, of oneself and of others."

"When we allow violence against some, we enable violence against all."

"We must acknowledge and take responsibility for the conflicts we have helped to create, and act to create real change. That, after all, is the true hallmark of democracy--a commitment to justice, honest self-appraisal, and action--even when it means challenging ourselves and the political institutions we hold most dear."

"I've fought for religious freedom and I can tell you that anti-gay 'religious freedom' bills aren't it."

"You're not under attack when others gain rights and privileges you've always had."

"What does love mean if we would deny it to others?"

"If the system were designed to protect adoptees, why do so many have to fight for their rights?"

"Adoption isn't just a childhood experience, it's a life-long experience."

"Facts are threatening to those invested in fraud."

"Privilege is when you can afford to sit back and watch as others' rights are trampled upon."

"If you lay with a scorpion, don't be surprised when it finally stings you."

"Discrimination is discrimination, even when people claim it's 'tradition."

"It's a scary world we live in when a person of color endorses a racist for president."

"Fascism thrives in obscurity and darkness."

"The more we're thrown into conflict with each other through engineered distrust, the less able we are to unite against those responsible."

"Amazing how eye and skin color come in many shades yet many think sexuality is just gay or straight."

"Discrimination does not 'make America great.' It makes America weak."

"Privilege is not knowing that you're hurting others and not listening when they tell you."

"Blind party loyalty will be our downfall. We must follow the truth wherever it leads."

"Privilege is presuming to speak for others you know nothing about."

"Bigotry lives not just in our words, but in our actions, thoughts, and institutions."

"Violence isn't a Democrat or Republican problem. It's an American problem, requiring an American solution."