Jeffrey Montgomery Quotes

Jeffrey Montgomery was an American LGBT activist and public relations executive. Montgomery was the founding executive director of Triangle Foundation from the time the organization was founded in 1991 until September 2007.

✵ 9. May 1953 – 18. July 2016
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Famous Jeffrey Montgomery Quotes

“When dealing with the press the most important thing to remember is that you have the right to remain silent, because everything you say can and will be used against you.”

[Woodhull Freedom Foundation mourns death of one of its founders, Jeffrey Montgomery, Levy, Ricci J., Woodhull Freedom Foundation, July 19, 2016, 2016-07-20, http://www.woodhullfoundation.org/2016/sex-and-politics/woodhull-freedom-foundation-mourns-death-of-one-of-its-founders-jeffrey-montgomery-a-leader-activist-a-mentor-and-sexual-freedom-movement-hero/]

“Buchanan is worse than a child playing with matches because he understands the dangerous impact of what he says.”

Commenting on candidate for President of the United States, Pat Buchanan, The Detroit News, March 17, 1996 July 20, 2016, Hornbeck, Mark; Cain, Charlie; Willing, Richard, Fiery Buchanan preaches to converted in Clawson, The Detroit News, 9A, Newspapers.com, March 17, 1996 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/5946417/detroit_free_press/,

“I always return the bible to the front desk when I stay in a hotel. I’m not welcome in their house of worship and they’re certainly not welcome in mine.”

[Woodhull Freedom Foundation mourns death of one of its founders, Jeffrey Montgomery, Levy, Ricci J., Woodhull Freedom Foundation, July 19, 2016, 2016-07-20, http://www.woodhullfoundation.org/2016/sex-and-politics/woodhull-freedom-foundation-mourns-death-of-one-of-its-founders-jeffrey-montgomery-a-leader-activist-a-mentor-and-sexual-freedom-movement-hero/]

“It's going to be a heartbreaking moment for these couples, to come face to face with this discrimination against them.”

Commenting on couples trying to get same-sex marriage licenses in Michigan in 2004, Associated Press, March 4, 2004 [Irwin, http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=sXAyAAAAIBAJ&sjid=16wFAAAAIBAJ&pg=1410,230607&dq=jeffrey-montgomery+executive&hl=en, July 19, 2016, Jim, Gay couples are denied marriage licenses in Detroit, Argus-Press, March 4, 2004, Associated Press]

Jeffrey Montgomery Quotes about people

“But the cards are stacked against us. Scurrilous and abusive rhetoric is spewed by politicians and so-called religious leaders, who cloak themselves by turning the Constitution on its head and claim protection and permission to demonize and denigrate us. Hiding behind the perversion of the concepts of religious freedom and political speech, those people have carved out a special right to impose their bigotry and hatred for us.”

America...You Kill Me
Variant: We want to be able to move freely and safely in our daily lives, free from the threat of random hate violence. themselves by turning the Constitution on its head and claim protection and permission to demonize and denigrate us. Hiding behind the perversion of the concepts of religious freedom and political speech, those people have carved out a special right to impose their bigotry and hatred for us.

Jeffrey Montgomery Quotes about communication

Jeffrey Montgomery Quotes

“America… You Kill Me! America kills all of us.”

America...You Kill Me

“Pat Buchanan is a walking, living, breathing hate crime waiting to happen.”

Commenting on candidate for President of the United States, Pat Buchanan, Detroit Free Press, March 16, 1996 July 20, 2016, Jennifer Juarez Robles, Gay vote turns to Clinton, DetroitFree Press, 3A, Newspapers.com, March 16, 1996 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/5946459/detroit_free_press/,

“Never repeat the words of your enemy. When you do, their words are heard twice and yours only once.”

[Woodhull Freedom Foundation mourns death of one of its founders, Jeffrey Montgomery, Levy, Ricci J., Woodhull Freedom Foundation, July 19, 2016, 2016-07-20, http://www.woodhullfoundation.org/2016/sex-and-politics/woodhull-freedom-foundation-mourns-death-of-one-of-its-founders-jeffrey-montgomery-a-leader-activist-a-mentor-and-sexual-freedom-movement-hero/]

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