black
grey
blue
red
brown
white

Without Coretta Scott King, there would not have been a Martin Luther King, Jr. in the way that we know him.

Coretta Scott King

Behind every good man, there’s a good woman reminding you I knew you when you didn’t have nothing.
CORETTA SCOTT KING

Good Man Reminder Woman Yourself
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.
CORETTA SCOTT KING

Dignity Form Human Humanity People Person Race Seek
An evil deed is not redeemed by an evil deed in retaliation.
CORETTA SCOTT KING

Action Karma Redeem Work
If American women would increase their voting turnout by ten percent, I think we would see an end to all of the budget cuts in programs benefiting women and children.
CORETTA SCOTT KING

Children End Myself Program Thinking Vote Woman
Hate is too great a burden to bear.
CORETTA SCOTT KING

Burden Greatness Hate One Liner
Lesbian and gay people are a permanent part of the American workforce, who currently have no protection from the arbitrary abuse of their rights on the job.
CORETTA SCOTT KING

Abuse Job People Permanent Protection Right
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.
CORETTA SCOTT KING

History Man Moments Need Spirit
Segregation was wrong when it was forced by white people, and I believe it is still wrong when it is requested by black people.
CORETTA SCOTT KING

Black Force Myself People Requirement White Wrong
We must eliminate the gulf of mistrust and ignorance that keeps us from learning from each other.
CORETTA SCOTT KING

Each Other Elimination Ignorance Learning Trust
Struggle is a never ending process. Freedom is never really won, you earn it and win it in every generation.
CORETTA SCOTT KING

End Freedom Generation Process Struggle Win Yourself
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.
CORETTA SCOTT KING

Leadership Nation Peace Preparation Strange Talk War
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 KING

Blessing Discover God Greatness Life Willing Yourself
When aroused the American conscience is a powerful force for reform.
CORETTA SCOTT KING

Conscience Force Powerful
If a man had nothing that was worth dying for, then he was not fit to live.
CORETTA SCOTT KING

Death Himself Live Man Worth
As an African American child growing up in the segregated South, I was told, one way or another, almost every day of my life, that I wasn’t as good as a white child.
CORETTA SCOTT KING

Children Growth Life Myself Way White
Nonviolence first changes the individual.
CORETTA SCOTT KING

Change Individual Violence

Without Coretta Scott King, there would not have been a Martin Luther King, Jr. in the way that we know him.

Related Topics

Popular Authors

Without Coretta Scott King, there would not have been a Martin Luther King, Jr. in the way that we know him.

Related Topics

Popular Authors

More Coretta Scott King Quotes