Violence diminishes our humanity.
CORETTA SCOTT KINGWomen, if the soul of the nation is to be saved, I believe that you must become its soul.
More Coretta Scott King Quotes
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When the heart is right, the mind and the body will follow.
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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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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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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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Women, if the soul of the nation is to be saved, I believe that you must become its soul.
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We have to launch a national campaign against homophobia in the black community.
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Lesbian 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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There is a spirit and a need and a man at the beginning of every great human advance. Every one of these must be right for that particular moment of history, or nothing happens.
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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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To really know someone is to have loved and hated him in turn.
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I 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.
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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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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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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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The greatness of a community is most accurately measured by the compassionate actions of its members.
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Freedom and justice cannot be parceled out in pieces to suit political convenience. I don’t believe you can stand for freedom for one group of people and deny it to others.
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A constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriages is a form of gay bashing and it would do nothing at all to protect traditional marriages.
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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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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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If a man had nothing that was worth dying for, then he was not fit to live.
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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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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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Justice is never advanced in the taking of human life.
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How many must die before we can really have a free and true and peaceful society?
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The greatest violence is seeing a child go to bed hungry.
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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.
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