Hate is too great a burden to bear.
CORETTA SCOTT KINGHate is too great a burden to bear.
More Coretta Scott King Quotes
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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.
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The greatest violence is seeing a child go to bed hungry.
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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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An evil deed is not redeemed by an evil deed in retaliation.
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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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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 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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The greatness of a community is most accurately measured by the compassionate actions of its members.
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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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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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Women, 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.
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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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When the heart is right, the mind and the body will follow.
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Justice is never advanced in the taking of human life.
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