Women, if the soul of the nation is to be saved, I believe that you must become its soul.
CORETTA SCOTT KINGA constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriages is a form of gay bashing and it would do nothing at all to protect traditional marriages.
More Coretta Scott King Quotes
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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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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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Violence diminishes our humanity.
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The greatness of a community is most accurately measured by the compassionate actions of its members.
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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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An evil deed is not redeemed by an evil deed in retaliation.
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People need role models. They need to see examples of people in peoples’ lives.
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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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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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The greatest violence is seeing a child go to bed hungry.
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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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I’m more determined than ever that my husband’s dream will become a reality.
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If you give your life to a cause in which you believe, and if it is right and just, and if your life comes to an end as a result of this, then your life could not have been spent in a more redemptive way. I think that is what my husband has done.
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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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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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