When the heart is right, the mind and the body will follow.
CORETTA SCOTT KINGI appeal to everyone who believes in Martin Luther King Jr.’s dream to make room at the table of brother- and sisterhood for lesbian and gay people.
More Coretta Scott King Quotes
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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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The greatness of a community is most accurately measured by the compassionate actions of its members.
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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.
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How many must die before we can really have a free and true and peaceful society?
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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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I’m more determined than ever that my husband’s dream will become a reality.
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Behind every good man, there’s a good woman reminding you I knew you when you didn’t have nothing.
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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.
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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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If a man had nothing that was worth dying for, then he was not fit to live.
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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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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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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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All we seek is an America where every person is given the chance to productively contribute to his country and where he can receive a fair and equitable share of the wealth that production creates.
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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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