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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.

Coretta Scott King

If a man had nothing that was worth dying for, then he was not fit to live.
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Death Himself Live Man Worth
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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Corruption General Image Kind Leadership Man Myself Woman
Nonviolence first changes the individual.
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Change Individual Violence
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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Night Process Time Violence Yourself
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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Commitment God Oneself People Purpose Willing
When aroused the American conscience is a powerful force for reform.
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Conscience Force Powerful
Violence diminishes our humanity.
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Diminish Humanity Ourselves Violence
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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Chance Person Production Seek
Hate is too great a burden to bear. It injures the hater more than it injures the hated.
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Greatness Hate Hurt Injury
The 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.
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Challenge Sign Time Visible
Women, if the soul of the nation is to be saved, I believe that you must become its soul.
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Nation Save Soul Woman Yourself
To really know someone is to have loved and hated him in turn.
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Hate Himself Love Turn
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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Believe Creation Emotion Home Human Investment Peace
People need role models. They need to see examples of people in peoples’ lives.
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Example Live Need People See
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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Character Freedom Nature Prison Violence
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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Brother Dimension Force International Peace Powerful Unity Woman World

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