The greatest violence is seeing a child go to bed hungry.
CORETTA SCOTT KINGI am convinced that the women of the world, united without any regard for national or racial dimensions, can become a most powerful force for international peace and brotherhood.
More Coretta Scott King Quotes
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Isn’t it strange how the leaders of nations can talk so eloquently about peace while they prepare for war? … There is no way to make peace while preparing for war.
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We have to launch a national campaign against homophobia in the black community.
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All we seek is an America where every person is given the chance to productively contribute to his country and where he can receive a fair and equitable share of the wealth that production creates.
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Lesbian and gay people are a permanent part of the American workforce, who currently have no protection from the arbitrary abuse of their rights on the job.
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I’m more determined than ever that my husband’s dream will become a reality.
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A constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriages is a form of gay bashing and it would do nothing at all to protect traditional marriages.
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I still hear people say that I should not be talking about the rights of lesbian and gay people, and I should stick to the issue of racial justice.
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Without Coretta Scott King, there would not have been a Martin Luther King, Jr. in the way that we know him.
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Hate is too great a burden to bear. It injures the hater more than it injures the hated.
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Struggle is a never ending process. Freedom is never really won, you earn it and win it in every generation.
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As an African American child growing up in the segregated South, I was told, one way or another, almost every day of my life, that I wasn’t as good as a white child.
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How many must die before we can really have a free and true and peaceful society?
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Women, in general, are not part of the corruption of the past, so they can give a new kind of leadership, a new image for mankind.
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Money is necessary — both to support a family and to advance causes one believes in.
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Freedom and justice cannot be parceled out in pieces to suit political convenience. I don’t believe you can stand for freedom for one group of people and deny it to others.
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