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 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.
More Coretta Scott King Quotes
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The greatest violence is seeing a child go to bed hungry.
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Violence diminishes our humanity.
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Mama and Daddy King represent the best in manhood and womanhood, the best in a marriage, the kind of people we are trying to become.
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I’m more determined than ever that my husband’s dream will become a reality.
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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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Women, if the soul of the nation is to be saved, I believe that you must become its soul.
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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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A constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriages is a form of gay bashing and it would do nothing at all to protect traditional marriages.
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An evil deed is not redeemed by an evil deed in retaliation.
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Justice is never advanced in the taking of human life.
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Money is necessary — both to support a family and to advance causes one believes in.
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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.
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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 have to launch a national campaign against homophobia in the black community.
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