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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.

Coretta Scott King

Without Coretta Scott King, there would not have been a Martin Luther King, Jr. in the way that we know him.
CORETTA SCOTT KING

Absence Himself People Way
I’m fulfilled in what I do. I never thought that a lot of money or fine clothes – the finer things of life – would make you happy. My concept of happiness is to be filled in a spiritual sense.
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Clothes Concept Fulfill Happiness Money Spiritual
The greatest violence is seeing a child go to bed hungry.
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Bed Children Greatness Hungry Sleep Violence
How many must die before we can really have a free and true and peaceful society?
CORETTA SCOTT KING

Death Freedom Peace Society World
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 KING

Children End Myself Program Thinking Vote Woman
Because Dr. King was human and not divine – although we think he was divine, he was just a man, an extraordinary man, but a man – and he would get depressed from time to time and disappointed about all kinds of things relative to the movement.
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Disappointment Divine Himself Human Man Movement Relative Time
I still hear people say that I should not be talking about the rights of lesbian and gay people, and I should stick to the issue of racial justice.
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Issues Justice Myself People Race Talk
Behind every good man, there’s a good woman reminding you I knew you when you didn’t have nothing.
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Good Man Reminder Woman Yourself
We have to launch a national campaign against homophobia in the black community.
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Black Community Launch National
The greatness of a community is most accurately measured by the compassionate actions of its members.
CORETTA SCOTT KING

Action Community Greatness Measurement Member
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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Change Opinion Positive Power Problem Strong Yourself
When aroused the American conscience is a powerful force for reform.
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Conscience Force Powerful
Hate is too great a burden to bear.
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Burden Greatness Hate One Liner
To really know someone is to have loved and hated him in turn.
CORETTA SCOTT KING

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.
CORETTA SCOTT KING

Believe Creation Emotion Home Human Investment Peace
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

Blessing Discover God Greatness Life Willing Yourself

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