There is a spirit and a need and a man at the beginning of every great human advance. Every one of these must be right for that particular moment of history, or nothing happens.
CORETTA SCOTT KINGSegregation was wrong when it was forced by white people, and I believe it is still wrong when it is requested by black people.
More Coretta Scott King Quotes
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When aroused the American conscience is a powerful force for reform.
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Without Coretta Scott King, there would not have been a Martin Luther King, Jr. in the way that we know him.
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If a man had nothing that was worth dying for, then he was not fit to live.
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Nonviolence first changes the individual.
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An evil deed is not redeemed by an evil deed in retaliation.
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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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Money is necessary — both to support a family and to advance causes one believes in.
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People need role models. They need to see examples of people in peoples’ lives.
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When the heart is right, the mind and the body will follow.
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When you are willing to make sacrifices for a great cause, you will never be alone.
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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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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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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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We have to launch a national campaign against homophobia in the black community.
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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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