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.
CORETTA SCOTT KINGIt doesn’t matter how strong your opinions are. If you don’t use your power for positive change, you are, indeed, part of the problem.
More Coretta Scott King Quotes
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To really know someone is to have loved and hated him in turn.
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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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We must eliminate the gulf of mistrust and ignorance that keeps us from learning from each other.
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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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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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An evil deed is not redeemed by an evil deed in retaliation.
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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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It doesn’t matter how strong your opinions are. If you don’t use your power for positive change, you are, indeed, part of the problem.
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How many must die before we can really have a free and true and peaceful society?
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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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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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Behind every good man, there’s a good woman reminding you I knew you when you didn’t have nothing.
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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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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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