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 KINGWe have to launch a national campaign against homophobia in the black community.
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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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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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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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When the heart is right, the mind and the body will follow.
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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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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.
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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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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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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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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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People need role models. They need to see examples of people in peoples’ lives.
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The greatest violence is seeing a child go to bed hungry.
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Hate is too great a burden to bear.
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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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