People need role models. They need to see examples of people in peoples’ lives.
CORETTA SCOTT KINGThe greatest violence is seeing a child go to bed hungry.
More Coretta Scott King Quotes
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We have to launch a national campaign against homophobia in the black community.
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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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There is a spirit and a need and a man at the beginning of every great human advance. Every one of these must be right for that particular moment of history, or nothing happens.
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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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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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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 appeal to everyone who believes in Martin Luther King Jr.’s dream to make room at the table of brother- and sisterhood for lesbian and gay people.
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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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We must eliminate the gulf of mistrust and ignorance that keeps us from learning from each other.
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I believe all Americans who believe in freedom, tolerance and human rights have a responsibility to oppose bigotry and prejudice based on sexual orientation.
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I’m more determined than ever that my husband’s dream will become a reality.
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When the heart is right, the mind and the body will follow.
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If a man had nothing that was worth dying for, then he was not fit to live.
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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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Hate is too great a burden to bear.
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