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“The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.”
“There may be times when we are powerless to prevent injustice, but there must never be a time when we fail to protest.”
“I’m a supporter of gay rights. And not a closet supporter either. From the time I was a kid, I have never been able to understand attacks upon the gay community. There are so many qualities that make up a human being … by the time I get through with all the things that I really admire about people, what they do with their private parts is probably so low on the list that it is irrelevant.”
Di Stovall, Feeling Good, 1973, serigraph on paper, 21 7/8 x 30 in., Equal Opportunity is the Law Portfolio, via Smithsonian Institution
“What is straight? A line can be straight, or a street, but the human heart, oh, no, it’s curved like a road through mountains.”
“Men are from earth, women are from earth. Deal with it.”
William Christenberry, untitled, 1973, serigraph on paper, 30 x 22 in., Equal Opportunity under the Law Portfolio, via Smithsonian Institution
Lloyd McNeill, Admit That There Is Enough Room in the World for All Hands to Work Side-by-Side, 1973, serigraph on paper, 29 7/8 x 22 in., Equal Opportunity is the Law Portfolio, via Smithsonian American Art Museum
“I do not think, sir, you have any right to command me, merely because you are older than I, or because you have seen more of the world than I have; your claim to superiority depends on the use you have made of your time and experience.”
“We have a world for each one, but we do not have a world for all.”
Ascian, untitled, 1973, (Equal Employment Opportunity is the Law portfolio), serigraph on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum
“Only on paper has humanity yet achieved glory, beauty, truth, knowledge, virtue, and abiding love.”
“Before God we are all equally wise — and equally foolish.”
Ed McGowin, untitled, 1973 (Equal Employment Opportunity is the Law, portfolio), serigraph on paper, 30 1/8” x 22”, via Smithsonian American Art Museum
“The latch-key which opens into the inner chambers of my consciousness fits, as I have sufficient reason to believe, the private apartments of a good many other people’s thoughts. The longer we live, the more we find we are like other persons.”
