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.
CORETTA SCOTT KINGWhen you are willing to make sacrifices for a great cause, you will never be alone.
More Coretta Scott King Quotes
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Justice is never advanced in the taking of human life.
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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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Nonviolence first changes the individual.
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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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Behind every good man, there’s a good woman reminding you I knew you when you didn’t have nothing.
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Women, if the soul of the nation is to be saved, I believe that you must become its soul.
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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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When the heart is right, the mind and the body will follow.
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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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If 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.
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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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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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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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Hate is too great a burden to bear.
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Violence diminishes our humanity.
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