Struggle is a never ending process. Freedom is never really won, you earn it and win it in every generation.
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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The greatness of a community is most accurately measured by the compassionate actions of its members.
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Mama and Daddy King represent the best in manhood and womanhood, the best in a marriage, the kind of people we are trying to become.
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I’m more determined than ever that my husband’s dream will become a reality.
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When you are willing to make sacrifices for a great cause, you will never be alone.
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People need role models. They need to see examples of people in peoples’ lives.
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Segregation was wrong when it was forced by white people, and I believe it is still wrong when it is requested by black people.
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If American women would increase their voting turnout by ten percent, I think we would see an end to all of the budget cuts in programs benefiting women and children.
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When Good Friday comes, these are the moments in life when we feel there’s no hope. But then, Easter comes.
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The greatest violence is seeing a child go to bed hungry.
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If Martin [Luther King, Jr.]’s philosophy had been embraced and lived out in Iraq and other places, we wouldn’t have bin Ladens.
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You cannot believe in peace at home and not believe in international peace. A war with Iraq will increase anti-American sentiment, create more terrorists, and drain as much as 200 billion taxpayer dollars, which should be invested in human development here in America.
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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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Violence diminishes our humanity.
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This was really what I was supposed to be doing, and it was a great blessing to have discovered this, and to be doing what was God’s will for your life.
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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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