Violence diminishes our humanity.
CORETTA SCOTT KINGWomen, in general, are not part of the corruption of the past, so they can give a new kind of leadership, a new image for mankind.
More Coretta Scott King Quotes
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When you are willing to make sacrifices for a great cause, you will never be alone.
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How many must die before we can really have a free and true and peaceful society?
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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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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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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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We must eliminate the gulf of mistrust and ignorance that keeps us from learning from each other.
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If sexual relations between consenting adults are not part of the right to privacy guaranteed by the Constitution, then American democracy is in trouble.
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To really know someone is to have loved and hated him in turn.
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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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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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It’s going to take an act of Congress to deal with poverty and hunger, not only in this country, but throughout the world. We have the resources but we don’t have the will.
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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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When the heart is right, the mind and the body will follow.
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Money is necessary — both to support a family and to advance causes one believes in.
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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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