People have to allow themselves to be used by God and Martin [Luther King, Jr.] committed himself totally to God’s will and purpose and God is always waiting for someone who is willing to do that.
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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The greatest violence is seeing a child go to bed hungry.
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I think if people really read Martin Luther King, Jr., then they would begin to understand what he really represented. The philosophy that he developed, of course, he was greatly influenced by Gandhi and Jesus Christ.
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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.
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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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Without Coretta Scott King, there would not have been a Martin Luther King, Jr. in the way that we know him.
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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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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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Women, if the soul of the nation is to be saved, I believe that you must become its soul.
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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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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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I am convinced that the women of the world, united without any regard for national or racial dimensions, can become a most powerful force for international peace and brotherhood.
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I’m more determined than ever that my husband’s dream will become a reality.
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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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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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We have to launch a national campaign against homophobia in the black community.
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