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Mr. White,

the mayor will see you now.

Thanks.

- You're welcome.

Dan, come on in.

It's not something

that I wanna calm down about.

You can't take

this away from me.

Dan, look,

you made a decision.

You know,

you made the decision.

The issue is what's fair to the

people of your district, Dan.

Now, look, take some time off.

Spend it with your family.

Tell President Carter we're

coming after him next, this time next year.

Hi, Dianne.

We're marching

to Washington D.C.

Hey, can I see you in

my office for a minute?

Sure. I'll be back.

Yeah.

No.

Well,

you know what I think?

I think you need

to find a new scene.

And some new friends.

I need a change.

You're 40 now.

- Oh.

Forty years old and I haven't

done a thing I'm proud of.

Keep eating all that cake, you're gonna

be a fat-ass by the time you're 50.

No, I'll never make it to 50.

Where is everyone?

Doesn't anyone

give a damn?

Cleve's getting some people

together in the Castro.

Last week I got a phone call

from Altoona, Pennsylvania.

The voice was very young,

and the person said, "Thanks."

You've got to elect gay people

so that the young child

and the thousands upon

thousands just like him

will have hope

for a better life.

Hope for a better tomorrow.

I ask this,

that if there be

an assassination,

I would want five, ten,

a hundred, a thousand to rise.

If a bullet should enter my brain,

let it destroy every closet door.

I ask for the movement to continue

because it's not about personal gain,

and it's not about ego

and it's not about power.

It's about the

"us's" out there.

Not just the gays but

the blacks and the Asians

and the seniors

and the disabled.

The "us's."

Without hope,

the "us's" give up.

And I know you can't

live on hope alone.

But without hope,

life is not worth living.

So you,

and you,

and you,

you got to give them hope.

You got to give them hope.

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