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.
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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It doesn’t matter how strong your opinions are. If you don’t use your power for positive change, you are, indeed, part of the problem.
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When the heart is right, the mind and the body will follow.
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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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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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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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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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The greatness of a community is most accurately measured by the compassionate actions of its members.
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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.
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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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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 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.
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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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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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I 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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How many must die before we can really have a free and true and peaceful society?
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