Without Coretta Scott King, there would not have been a Martin Luther King, Jr. in the way that we know him.
CORETTA SCOTT KINGIf 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.
More Coretta Scott King Quotes
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I believe all Americans who believe in freedom, tolerance and human rights have a responsibility to oppose bigotry and prejudice based on sexual orientation.
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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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How many must die before we can really have a free and true and peaceful society?
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An evil deed is not redeemed by an evil deed in retaliation.
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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 must eliminate the gulf of mistrust and ignorance that keeps us from learning from each other.
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Isn’t it strange how the leaders of nations can talk so eloquently about peace while they prepare for war? … There is no way to make peace while preparing for war.
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Hate is too great a burden to bear.
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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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When you are willing to make sacrifices for a great cause, you will never be alone.
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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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If Martin [Luther King, Jr.]’s philosophy had been embraced and lived out in Iraq and other places, we wouldn’t have bin Ladens.
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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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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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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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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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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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Struggle is a never ending process. Freedom is never really won, you earn it and win it in every generation.
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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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Nelson Mandela sat in a South African prison for 27 years. He was nonviolent. He negotiated his way out of jail. His honor and suffering of 27 years in a South African prison is really ultimately what brought about the freedom of South Africa. That is nonviolence.
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To really know someone is to have loved and hated him in turn.
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Justice is never advanced in the taking of human life.
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Nonviolence first changes the individual.
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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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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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