Without Coretta Scott King, there would not have been a Martin Luther King, Jr. in the way that we know him.
CORETTA SCOTT KINGWomen, if the soul of the nation is to be saved, I believe that you must become its soul.
More Coretta Scott King Quotes
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Isn’t it strange how the leaders of nations can talk so eloquently about peace while they prepare for war? … There is no way to make peace while preparing for war.
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When the heart is right, the mind and the body will follow.
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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.
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When you are willing to make sacrifices for a great cause, you will never be alone.
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Hate is too great a burden to bear.
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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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Nonviolence first changes the individual.
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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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To really know someone is to have loved and hated him in turn.
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Money is necessary — both to support a family and to advance causes one believes in.
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How many must die before we can really have a free and true and peaceful society?
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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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The greatest violence is seeing a child go to bed hungry.
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We must eliminate the gulf of mistrust and ignorance that keeps us from learning from each other.
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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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