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.
CORETTA SCOTT KINGWe have to launch a national campaign against homophobia in the black community.
More Coretta Scott King Quotes
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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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We have to launch a national campaign against homophobia in the black community.
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I still hear people say that I should not be talking about the rights of lesbian and gay people, and I should stick to the issue of racial justice.
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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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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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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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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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Nonviolence first changes the individual.
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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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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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When the heart is right, the mind and the body will follow.
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When aroused the American conscience is a powerful force for reform.
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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 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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An evil deed is not redeemed by an evil deed in retaliation.
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