Milk

Milk2008

Director: Gus Van Sant
Stars: Sean Penn, Emile Hirsch, James Franco, Alison Pill, Diego Luna
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Rating: R (Restricted)
Runtime: 129 minutes

Milk is a 2008 film about Harvey Milk, a politician and activist who became the first openly gay man elected to major public office in the United States. more »



Harvey Milk:
My name is Harvey Milk and I'm here to recruit you. I want to recruit you for the fight to preserve your democracy. Brothers and sisters, you must come out! Come out to your parents, come out to your friends, if indeed they are your friends. Come out to your neighbors, come out to your fellow workers. Once and for all, let's break down the myths and destroy the lies and distortions. For your sake, for their sake. For the sake of all the youngsters who have been scared by the votes from Dade to Eugene. On the Statue of Liberty it says, 'Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to be free.' In the Declaration of Independence, it is written, 'All men are created equal and endowed with certain inalienable rights.' So for Mr. Briggs and Mrs. Bryant, and all the bigots out there, no matter how hard you try, you can never erase those words from the Declaration of Independence! No matter how hard you try, you can never chip those words from the base of the Statue of Liberty! That is where America is! Love it or leave it!

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  • Jason Michael
    Jason Michael
    I love this quote from the movie "Milk". Reading this, sometimes I imagine replacing John Briggs and Anita Bryant, with that of President Trump, and Vice President Pence. Everything else in the quote stays the same. 
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