When you are willing to make sacrifices for a great cause, you will never be alone.
CORETTA SCOTT KINGIf a man had nothing that was worth dying for, then he was not fit to live.
More Coretta Scott King Quotes
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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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An evil deed is not redeemed by an evil deed in retaliation.
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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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Nonviolence first changes the individual.
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It’s going to take an act of Congress to deal with poverty and hunger, not only in this country, but throughout the world. We have the resources but we don’t have the will.
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We have to launch a national campaign against homophobia in the black community.
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The greatness of a community is most accurately measured by the compassionate actions of its members.
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Hate is too great a burden to bear.
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Segregation was wrong when it was forced by white people, and I believe it is still wrong when it is requested by black people.
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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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Behind every good man, there’s a good woman reminding you I knew you when you didn’t have nothing.
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Homophobia is like racism and anti-Semitism and other forms of bigotry in that it seeks to dehumanize a large group of people, to deny their humanity, their dignity and personhood.
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I’m more determined than ever that my husband’s dream will become a reality.
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Justice is never advanced in the taking of human life.
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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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