“The New York Times and Washington Post are both infested with homosexuals themselves. Just about every person down there is a homosexual or a lesbian.”— Jesse Helms
“Well, you know, I hate gay people, so I let it be known. I don't like gay people and I don't like to be around gay people. I am homophobic. I don't like it. It shouldn't be in the world or in the United States.”— Tim Hardaway
“We ask, was he born out of homosexuality? We need continuity in our race, and that comes from the woman, and no to homosexuality.”— Robert Mugabe
“I coined the word homophobia to mean it was a phobia about homosexuals. It was a fear of homosexuals which seemed to be associated with a fear of contagion, a fear of reducing the things one fought for — home and family. It was a religious fear.”— George Weinberg
“The word ‘phobia’ implies an irrational fear. This was a great weapon, because it told people, ‘This is your problem.’”— George Weinberg