Bobby Seale Quotes

With all of the divisiveness that is going on in the country we live in, so much of it is based around just fear of the other. And anyone who does not look like me, walk like me, talk like me, have sex like me, they're the other and I'm afraid of them. And hopefully we will learn that it's just not scary. There's nothing to be afraid of.

I'm not homophobic, I'm not racist. I'm not against any people. All I have for people is love.

We're all people, no matter what colour.

I have friends who are black, white, purple, gay, straight, Martian, yellow, old, and young. I have friends who are animals and a few who I believe to be robots. All of them are people to me. In my mind, it's not about what you look like or what you do; it's about who you are inside.

The value of tolerance is central to living in today's world - especially in diverse places like the Bronx.

No one is born hating others.

I'm not looking to exclude people, I'm looking to include them.

God calls all of his children to the table. We can disagree and even say a lot of hateful things, but what we can't do in good conscience is leave the table. Or demand that someone else not be at the table.

I love Canadians because I don't see very much racism in Canada.

I think tolerance and acceptance and love is something that feeds every community.

Parents and schools should place great emphasis on the idea that it is all right to be different. Racism and all the other 'isms' grow from primitive tribalism, the instinctive hostility against those of another tribe, race, religion, nationality, class or whatever. You are a lucky child if your parents taught you to accept diversity.

What I'm not confused about is the world needing much more love, no hate, no prejudice, no bigotry and more unity, peace and understanding. Period.

My idea of religion is we are supposed to bring people together. We are not supposed to judge other people.

What we must not do - what we must never do - is turn on our neighbors, our family members, our fellow Americans, for something they cannot control, and deny what makes them human.

My dear compatriots, I'm not interested in your race, your origin, your sexual orientation. What interests me is your happiness.

I think patriotism is never racism.

My values - going back to my childhood - were always based on respect for all people and rejection of bigotry and racism.

Tolerance says I am just going to stomach your right to be different. That if you disappear from the face of the earth, I am no better or worse off. But love - love knows that every American has worth and value, no matter what their background, race, religion, or sexual orientation.

Regardless of whether or how you worship, where you come from or who you love, everyone's individual experience is what makes us stronger as a whole.

'Laramie' is a way in to replacing any hate in your heart with understanding, compassion, and acceptance.

It's not diversity that is going to destroy us, but fear of diversity.

There's heart and soul in everyone, and we need to respect people's choices.

I hope that teachings about inclusion and love win out over what I personally consider to be a handful of scriptures that reflect the moral expectations of the era in which they were recorded.

Nobody - regardless of how they feel or behave - deserves to be on the other end of receiving hatred and discrimination.

I think that racism is ugly and so unfair, and I believe that we all need one another.