The greatest violence is seeing a child go to bed hungry.
CORETTA SCOTT KINGYou 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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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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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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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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People need role models. They need to see examples of people in peoples’ lives.
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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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An evil deed is not redeemed by an evil deed in retaliation.
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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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Nelson Mandela sat in a South African prison for 27 years. He was nonviolent. He negotiated his way out of jail. His honor and suffering of 27 years in a South African prison is really ultimately what brought about the freedom of South Africa. That is nonviolence.
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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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Struggle is a never ending process. Freedom is never really won, you earn it and win it in every generation.
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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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Women, if the soul of the nation is to be saved, I believe that you must become its soul.
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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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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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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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