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.
CORETTA SCOTT KINGMama and Daddy King represent the best in manhood and womanhood, the best in a marriage, the kind of people we are trying to become.
More Coretta Scott King Quotes
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We have to launch a national campaign against homophobia in the black community.
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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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When the heart is right, the mind and the body will follow.
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When you are willing to make sacrifices for a great cause, you will never be alone.
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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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Segregation was wrong when it was forced by white people, and I believe it is still wrong when it is requested by black people.
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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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The greatest violence is seeing a child go to bed hungry.
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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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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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Justice is never advanced in the taking of human life.
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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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Behind every good man, there’s a good woman reminding you I knew you when you didn’t have nothing.
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To really know someone is to have loved and hated him in turn.
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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.
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