“The pressure to succeed was relentless”.                                                                                                           – Sonia Sotomayor   Sonia spoke this quote when she was studying, at Princeton, for her undergraduate degree before she would head to Law school. She felt that she wanted to accomplish so much in this intense and difficult life but she knew she would never give up on herself, because knew what she wanted in life was so much beyond Princeton and Yale. She also felt that throughout her life in school the pressure the students, at Princeton and Yale, placed on themselves would never end until the day they were walking down the aisle towards their diploma and their new successful lives in law. Sonia is an inspiration to myself and many others, she makes me want to work as hard as she did. She makes everything...

Politician and Civil Rights Activist   “If a bullet should enter my brain, let that bullet shatter every closet door.”-Harvey Milk          Harvey Milk’s personal connection to the LGBT community may have served as more powerful motivation to strive for equality. His goal was to inspire as many individuals as possible in order to promote a better world. He wanted to persuade especially his gay audiences that they can be raised to understand the politics of democracy in order to end the discrimination that they face. As the nation’s first openly gay official, Harvey Milk’s determination had given the LGBT community a dream. He believed that  “a true function of public officials is not just to pass laws and approve appropriations, but to give hope.” After campaigning during four different elections, Milk had been elected as a member of San Francisco’s Board of...