We must eliminate the gulf of mistrust and ignorance that keeps us from learning from each other.
CORETTA SCOTT KINGHate is too great a burden to bear. It injures the hater more than it injures the hated.
More Coretta Scott King Quotes
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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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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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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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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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Struggle is a never ending process. Freedom is never really won, you earn it and win it in every generation.
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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.
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When the heart is right, the mind and the body will follow.
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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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When you are willing to make sacrifices for a great cause, you will never be alone.
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If American women would increase their voting turnout by ten percent, I think we would see an end to all of the budget cuts in programs benefiting women and children.
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Freedom and justice cannot be parceled out in pieces to suit political convenience. I don’t believe you can stand for freedom for one group of people and deny it to others.
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Money is necessary — both to support a family and to advance causes one believes in.
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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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We have to launch a national campaign against homophobia in the black community.
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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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