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.
CORETTA SCOTT KINGThe more visible signs of protest are gone, but I think there is a realization that the tactics of the late sixties are not sufficient to meet the challenges of the seventies.
More Coretta Scott King Quotes
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Money is necessary — both to support a family and to advance causes one believes in.
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To really know someone is to have loved and hated him in turn.
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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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Hate is too great a burden to bear.
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When aroused the American conscience is a powerful force for reform.
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We must eliminate the gulf of mistrust and ignorance that keeps us from learning from each other.
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I 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.
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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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Justice is never advanced in the taking of human life.
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I’m more determined than ever that my husband’s dream will become a reality.
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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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When you are willing to make sacrifices for a great cause, you will never be alone.
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If you give your life to a cause in which you believe, and if it is right and just, and if your life comes to an end as a result of this, then your life could not have been spent in a more redemptive way. I think that is what my husband has done.
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People need role models. They need to see examples of people in peoples’ lives.
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People have to allow themselves to be used by God and Martin [Luther King, Jr.] committed himself totally to God’s will and purpose and God is always waiting for someone who is willing to do that.
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