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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.

Coretta Scott King

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 KING

Blessing Discover God Greatness Life Willing Yourself
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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Disappointment Divine Himself Human Man Movement Relative Time
To really know someone is to have loved and hated him in turn.
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Hate Himself Love Turn
How many must die before we can really have a free and true and peaceful society?
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Death Freedom Peace Society World
The greatest violence is seeing a child go to bed hungry.
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Bed Children Greatness Hungry Sleep Violence
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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Embrace Live Philosophy Place
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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Leadership Nation Peace Preparation Strange Talk War
I’m more determined than ever that my husband’s dream will become a reality.
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Determination Husband Myself Reality
People need role models. They need to see examples of people in peoples’ lives.
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Example Live Need People See
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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Believe Brother Dreams People Room Sister
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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Believe Freedom Group Justice People Pieces Yourself
As an African American child growing up in the segregated South, I was told, one way or another, almost every day of my life, that I wasn’t as good as a white child.
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Children Growth Life Myself Way White
Money is necessary — both to support a family and to advance causes one believes in.
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Believe Family Money Necessary Oneself Support
An evil deed is not redeemed by an evil deed in retaliation.
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Action Karma Redeem Work
The greatness of a community is most accurately measured by the compassionate actions of its members.
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Action Community Greatness Measurement Member
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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Commitment God Oneself People Purpose Willing

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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