People need role models. They need to see examples of people in peoples’ lives.
CORETTA SCOTT KINGI always knew that I was called to do something. I didn’t know what, but I finally rationalized after I met Martin [Luther King, Jr.] and it took a lot of praying to discover this, that this was probably what God had called me to do, to marry him.
More Coretta Scott King Quotes
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When aroused the American conscience is a powerful force for reform.
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To really know someone is to have loved and hated him in turn.
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We have to launch a national campaign against homophobia in the black community.
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An evil deed is not redeemed by an evil deed in retaliation.
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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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We must eliminate the gulf of mistrust and ignorance that keeps us from learning from each other.
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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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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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If sexual relations between consenting adults are not part of the right to privacy guaranteed by the Constitution, then American democracy is in trouble.
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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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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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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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How many must die before we can really have a free and true and peaceful society?
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I’m more determined than ever that my husband’s dream will become a reality.
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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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