Hate is too great a burden to bear.
CORETTA SCOTT KINGWhen you are willing to make sacrifices for a great cause, you will never be alone.
More Coretta Scott King Quotes
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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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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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Nonviolence first changes the individual.
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The process of nonviolence is one that takes time and those of us who’ve suffered, who’ve been persecuted over the years, would like to see things change, you know, overnight.
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I always knew that I was called to do something. I didn’t know what, but I finally rationalized after I met Martin [Luther King, Jr.] and it took a lot of praying to discover this, that this was probably what God had called me to do, to marry him.
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The greatness of a community is most accurately measured by the compassionate actions of its members.
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Women, if the soul of the nation is to be saved, I believe that you must become its soul.
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How many must die before we can really have a free and true and peaceful society?
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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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To really know someone is to have loved and hated him in turn.
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Money is necessary — both to support a family and to advance causes one believes in.
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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 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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I think if people really read Martin Luther King, Jr., then they would begin to understand what he really represented. The philosophy that he developed, of course, he was greatly influenced by Gandhi and Jesus Christ.
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An evil deed is not redeemed by an evil deed in retaliation.
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