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 KINGStruggle is a never ending process. Freedom is never really won, you earn it and win it in every generation.
More Coretta Scott King Quotes
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How many must die before we can really have a free and true and peaceful society?
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Homophobia is like racism and anti-Semitism and other forms of bigotry in that it seeks to dehumanize a large group of people, to deny their humanity, their dignity and personhood.
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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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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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Struggle is a never ending process. Freedom is never really won, you earn it and win it in every generation.
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The process of nonviolence is one that takes time and those of us who’ve suffered, who’ve been persecuted over the years, would like to see things change, you know, overnight.
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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 you give your life to a cause in which you believe, and if it is right and just, and if your life comes to an end as a result of this, then your life could not have been spent in a more redemptive way. I think that is what my husband has done.
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We have to launch a national campaign against homophobia in the black community.
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To really know someone is to have loved and hated him in turn.
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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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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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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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Hate is too great a burden to bear.
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