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.
CORETTA SCOTT KINGI 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.
More Coretta Scott King Quotes
-
-
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.
CORETTA SCOTT KING -
Hate is too great a burden to bear. It injures the hater more than it injures the hated.
CORETTA SCOTT KING -
There is a spirit and a need and a man at the beginning of every great human advance. Every one of these must be right for that particular moment of history, or nothing happens.
CORETTA SCOTT KING -
When you are willing to make sacrifices for a great cause, you will never be alone.
CORETTA SCOTT KING -
I believe all Americans who believe in freedom, tolerance and human rights have a responsibility to oppose bigotry and prejudice based on sexual orientation.
CORETTA SCOTT KING -
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 KING -
When the heart is right, the mind and the body will follow.
CORETTA SCOTT KING -
People need role models. They need to see examples of people in peoples’ lives.
CORETTA SCOTT KING -
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.
CORETTA SCOTT KING -
If Martin [Luther King, Jr.]’s philosophy had been embraced and lived out in Iraq and other places, we wouldn’t have bin Ladens.
CORETTA SCOTT KING -
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.
CORETTA SCOTT KING -
Behind every good man, there’s a good woman reminding you I knew you when you didn’t have nothing.
CORETTA SCOTT KING -
An evil deed is not redeemed by an evil deed in retaliation.
CORETTA SCOTT KING -
If sexual relations between consenting adults are not part of the right to privacy guaranteed by the Constitution, then American democracy is in trouble.
CORETTA SCOTT KING -
Struggle is a never ending process. Freedom is never really won, you earn it and win it in every generation.
CORETTA SCOTT KING
![Coretta Scott King Quote - 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.](https://minimalistquotes.com/images/grey-i-always-knew-that-i-was-called-to-do-so.jpg)
![Coretta Scott King Quote - 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.](https://minimalistquotes.com/images/blue-i-always-knew-that-i-was-called-to-do-so.jpg)
![Coretta Scott King Quote - 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.](https://minimalistquotes.com/images/red-i-always-knew-that-i-was-called-to-do-so.jpg)
![Coretta Scott King Quote - 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.](https://minimalistquotes.com/images/brown-i-always-knew-that-i-was-called-to-do-so.jpg)
![Coretta Scott King Quote - 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.](https://minimalistquotes.com/images/white-i-always-knew-that-i-was-called-to-do-so.jpg)

