black
grey
blue
red
brown
white

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.

Coretta Scott King

Violence diminishes our humanity.
CORETTA SCOTT KING

Diminish Humanity Ourselves Violence
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.
CORETTA SCOTT KING

Believe Freedom Group Justice People Pieces Yourself
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.
CORETTA SCOTT KING

Corruption General Image Kind Leadership Man Myself Woman
How many must die before we can really have a free and true and peaceful society?
CORETTA SCOTT KING

Death Freedom Peace Society World
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.
CORETTA SCOTT KING

Commitment God Oneself People Purpose Willing
Without Coretta Scott King, there would not have been a Martin Luther King, Jr. in the way that we know him.
CORETTA SCOTT KING

Absence Himself People Way
If a man had nothing that was worth dying for, then he was not fit to live.
CORETTA SCOTT KING

Death Himself Live Man Worth
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.
CORETTA SCOTT KING

Disappointment Divine Himself Human Man Movement Relative Time
Behind every good man, there’s a good woman reminding you I knew you when you didn’t have nothing.
CORETTA SCOTT KING

Good Man Reminder Woman Yourself
Hate is too great a burden to bear. It injures the hater more than it injures the hated.
CORETTA SCOTT KING

Greatness Hate Hurt Injury
If Martin [Luther King, Jr.]’s philosophy had been embraced and lived out in Iraq and other places, we wouldn’t have bin Ladens.
CORETTA SCOTT KING

Embrace Live Philosophy Place
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.
CORETTA SCOTT KING

Children End Myself Program Thinking Vote Woman
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.
CORETTA SCOTT KING

Night Process Time Violence Yourself
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.
CORETTA SCOTT KING

Abuse Job People Permanent Protection Right
We must eliminate the gulf of mistrust and ignorance that keeps us from learning from each other.
CORETTA SCOTT KING

Each Other Elimination Ignorance Learning Trust
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
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.
CORETTA SCOTT KING

Leadership Nation Peace Preparation Strange Talk War
When aroused the American conscience is a powerful force for reform.
CORETTA SCOTT KING

Conscience Force Powerful
When the heart is right, the mind and the body will follow.
CORETTA SCOTT KING

Body Follow Heart Mindset Right Willing
People need role models. They need to see examples of people in peoples’ lives.
CORETTA SCOTT KING

Example Live Need People See
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.
CORETTA SCOTT KING

Challenge Sign Time Visible
The greatest violence is seeing a child go to bed hungry.
CORETTA SCOTT KING

Bed Children Greatness Hungry Sleep Violence
Nonviolence first changes the individual.
CORETTA SCOTT KING

Change Individual Violence
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.
CORETTA SCOTT KING

Change Opinion Positive Power Problem Strong Yourself
Segregation was wrong when it was forced by white people, and I believe it is still wrong when it is requested by black people.
CORETTA SCOTT KING

Black Force Myself People Requirement White Wrong
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.
CORETTA SCOTT KING

Clothes Concept Fulfill Happiness Money Spiritual
I think if people really read Martin Luther King, Jr., then they would begin to understand what he really represented. The philosophy that he developed, of course, he was greatly influenced by Gandhi and Jesus Christ.
CORETTA SCOTT KING

Greatness Influence Ourselves People Reading Representation Thinking

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.

Related Topics

Popular Authors

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.

Related Topics

Popular Authors

More Coretta Scott King Quotes