Women, if the soul of the nation is to be saved, I believe that you must become its soul.
CORETTA SCOTT KINGI 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.
More Coretta Scott King Quotes
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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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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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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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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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The more visible signs of protest are gone, but I think there is a realization that the tactics of the late sixties are not sufficient to meet the challenges of the seventies.
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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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Behind every good man, there’s a good woman reminding you I knew you when you didn’t have nothing.
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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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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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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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Nonviolence first changes the individual.
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The greatness of a community is most accurately measured by the compassionate actions of its members.
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I’m more determined than ever that my husband’s dream will become a reality.
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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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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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