We must eliminate the gulf of mistrust and ignorance that keeps us from learning from each other.
CORETTA SCOTT KINGLesbian and gay people are a permanent part of the American workforce, who currently have no protection from the arbitrary abuse of their rights on the job.
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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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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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An evil deed is not redeemed by an evil deed in retaliation.
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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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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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When you are willing to make sacrifices for a great cause, you will never be alone.
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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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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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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 Martin [Luther King, Jr.]’s philosophy had been embraced and lived out in Iraq and other places, we wouldn’t have bin Ladens.
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We have to launch a national campaign against homophobia in the black community.
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The greatest violence is seeing a child go to bed hungry.
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Nonviolence first changes the individual.
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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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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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