We must eliminate the gulf of mistrust and ignorance that keeps us from learning from each other.
CORETTA SCOTT KINGYou 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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We must eliminate the gulf of mistrust and ignorance that keeps us from learning from each other.
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Hate is too great a burden to bear.
CORETTA SCOTT KINGHate is too great a burden to bear.
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I 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 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.
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When aroused the American conscience is a powerful force for reform.
CORETTA SCOTT KINGWhen aroused the American conscience is a powerful force for reform.
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Without Coretta Scott King, there would not have been a Martin Luther King, Jr. in the way that we know him.
CORETTA SCOTT KINGWithout Coretta Scott King, there would not have been a Martin Luther King, Jr. in the way that we know him.
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We have to launch a national campaign against homophobia in the black community.
CORETTA SCOTT KINGWe have to launch a national campaign against homophobia in the black community.
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Justice is never advanced in the taking of human life.
CORETTA SCOTT KINGJustice is never advanced in the taking of human life.
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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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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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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 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.
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If a man had nothing that was worth dying for, then he was not fit to live.
CORETTA SCOTT KINGIf a man had nothing that was worth dying for, then he was not fit to live.
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Violence diminishes our humanity.
CORETTA SCOTT KINGViolence diminishes our humanity.
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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.
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.
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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 KINGPeople 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.
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I am convinced that the women of the world, united without any regard for national or racial dimensions, can become a most powerful force for international peace and brotherhood.
CORETTA SCOTT KINGI am convinced that the women of the world, united without any regard for national or racial dimensions, can become a most powerful force for international peace and brotherhood.
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I believe all Americans who believe in freedom, tolerance and human rights have a responsibility to oppose bigotry and prejudice based on sexual orientation.
CORETTA SCOTT KINGI believe all Americans who believe in freedom, tolerance and human rights have a responsibility to oppose bigotry and prejudice based on sexual orientation.
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