If sexual relations between consenting adults are not part of the right to privacy guaranteed by the Constitution, then American democracy is in trouble.
CORETTA SCOTT KINGIf sexual relations between consenting adults are not part of the right to privacy guaranteed by the Constitution, then American democracy is in trouble.
CORETTA SCOTT KINGThis 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 KINGI still hear people say that I should not be talking about the rights of lesbian and gay people, and I should stick to the issue of racial justice.
CORETTA SCOTT KINGFreedom 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 KINGAn evil deed is not redeemed by an evil deed in retaliation.
CORETTA SCOTT KINGI always knew that I was called to do something. I didn’t know what, but I finally rationalized after I met Martin [Luther King, Jr.] and it took a lot of praying to discover this, that this was probably what God had called me to do, to marry him.
CORETTA SCOTT KINGViolence diminishes our humanity.
CORETTA SCOTT KINGThe greatest violence is seeing a child go to bed hungry.
CORETTA SCOTT KINGIsn’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 KINGTo really know someone is to have loved and hated him in turn.
CORETTA SCOTT KINGPeople need role models. They need to see examples of people in peoples’ lives.
CORETTA SCOTT KINGWhen the heart is right, the mind and the body will follow.
CORETTA SCOTT KINGStruggle is a never ending process. Freedom is never really won, you earn it and win it in every generation.
CORETTA SCOTT KINGI’m more determined than ever that my husband’s dream will become a reality.
CORETTA SCOTT KINGLesbian 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 KINGHate is too great a burden to bear.
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