George Takei

“Oh, myyy.”

“I spent my boyhood behind the barbed wire fences of American internment camps and that part of my life is something that I wanted to share with more people.”

“The world has changed from when I was a young man. It is so much more promising for young gay people.”

“We should indeed keep calm in the face of difference, and live our lives in a state of inclusion and wonder at the diversity of humanity.”

“I have a mission in life. And it's not just to be funny.”

“If you have a barking dog, you can't just be a barking dog back. You have to be the adult in the room.”

“It's really hard to hate someone for being different when you're too busy laughing together.”

“The truest test of a democracy is in how it treats its minorities.”

“My father said, 'You have to be a part of our democracy. We are the people.' And that's what I am.”

“Resistance is not futile. We're going to win.”

“Social media is like a river. It's continuous, it's always changing, and it's always moving in a different direction.”

“Pledge allegiance to the ideals of this country, not to a person.”

“But it is a fact that we did have a secret government that was ruling this country. And the people of this country were not aware of it.”