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 KINGThe greatness of a community is most accurately measured by the compassionate actions of its members.
More Coretta Scott King Quotes
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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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An evil deed is not redeemed by an evil deed in retaliation.
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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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How many must die before we can really have a free and true and peaceful society?
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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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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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We have to launch a national campaign against homophobia in the black community.
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To really know someone is to have loved and hated him in turn.
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Nonviolence first changes the individual.
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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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Violence diminishes our humanity.
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When the heart is right, the mind and the body will follow.
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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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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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When you are willing to make sacrifices for a great cause, you will never be alone.
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