Segregation was wrong when it was forced by white people, and I believe it is still wrong when it is requested by black people.
CORETTA SCOTT KINGMoney is necessary — both to support a family and to advance causes one believes in.
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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. It injures the hater more than it injures the hated.
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The greatness of a community is most accurately measured by the compassionate actions of its members.
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How many must die before we can really have a free and true and peaceful society?
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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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Money is necessary — both to support a family and to advance causes one believes in.
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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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People need role models. They need to see examples of people in peoples’ lives.
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When you are willing to make sacrifices for a great cause, you will never be alone.
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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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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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The greatest violence is seeing a child go to bed hungry.
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This was really what I was supposed to be doing, and it was a great blessing to have discovered this, and to be doing what was God’s will for your life.
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I still hear people say that I should not be talking about the rights of lesbian and gay people, and I should stick to the issue of racial justice.
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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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