I appeal to everyone who believes in Martin Luther King Jr.’s dream to make room at the table of brother- and sisterhood for lesbian and gay people.
CORETTA SCOTT KINGLesbian and gay people are a permanent part of the American workforce, who currently have no protection from the arbitrary abuse of their rights on the job.
More Coretta Scott King Quotes
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I’m more determined than ever that my husband’s dream will become a reality.
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The greatness of a community is most accurately measured by the compassionate actions of its members.
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An evil deed is not redeemed by an evil deed in retaliation.
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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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Nonviolence first changes the individual.
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Homophobia is like racism and anti-Semitism and other forms of bigotry in that it seeks to dehumanize a large group of people, to deny their humanity, their dignity and personhood.
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Money is necessary — both to support a family and to advance causes one believes in.
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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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Women, if the soul of the nation is to be saved, I believe that you must become its soul.
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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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When the heart is right, the mind and the body will follow.
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People need role models. They need to see examples of people in peoples’ lives.
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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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We have to launch a national campaign against homophobia in the black community.
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The greatest violence is seeing a child go to bed hungry.
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