Women, if the soul of the nation is to be saved, I believe that you must become its soul.
CORETTA SCOTT KINGTo really know someone is to have loved and hated him in turn.
More Coretta Scott King Quotes
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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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The greatness of a community is most accurately measured by the compassionate actions of its members.
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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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You cannot believe in peace at home and not believe in international peace. A war with Iraq will increase anti-American sentiment, create more terrorists, and drain as much as 200 billion taxpayer dollars, which should be invested in human development here in America.
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The greatest violence is seeing a child go to bed hungry.
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When you are willing to make sacrifices for a great cause, you will never be alone.
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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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To really know someone is to have loved and hated him in turn.
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We have to launch a national campaign against homophobia in the black community.
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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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Violence diminishes our humanity.
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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.
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If Martin [Luther King, Jr.]’s philosophy had been embraced and lived out in Iraq and other places, we wouldn’t have bin Ladens.
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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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We must eliminate the gulf of mistrust and ignorance that keeps us from learning from each other.
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