If you give your life to a cause in which you believe, and if it is right and just, and if your life comes to an end as a result of this, then your life could not have been spent in a more redemptive way. I think that is what my husband has done.
CORETTA SCOTT KINGWhen Good Friday comes, these are the moments in life when we feel there’s no hope. But then, Easter comes.
More Coretta Scott King Quotes
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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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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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When aroused the American conscience is a powerful force for reform.
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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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Hate is too great a burden to bear. It injures the hater more than it injures the hated.
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I’m more determined than ever that my husband’s dream will become a reality.
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Hate is too great a burden to bear.
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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 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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Nonviolence is a method that transforms, first of all, the individual once you understand it and embrace it. It begins with you and, if you can, about transforming individuals so that they love unconditionally.
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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 Good Friday comes, these are the moments in life when we feel there’s no hope. But then, Easter comes.
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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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Nelson Mandela sat in a South African prison for 27 years. He was nonviolent. He negotiated his way out of jail. His honor and suffering of 27 years in a South African prison is really ultimately what brought about the freedom of South Africa. That is nonviolence.
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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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