The more visible signs of protest are gone, but I think there is a realization that the tactics of the late sixties are not sufficient to meet the challenges of the seventies.
CORETTA SCOTT KINGBehind every good man, there’s a good woman reminding you I knew you when you didn’t have nothing.
More Coretta Scott King Quotes
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When aroused the American conscience is a powerful force for reform.
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People need role models. They need to see examples of people in peoples’ lives.
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The greatest violence is seeing a child go to bed hungry.
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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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Women, if the soul of the nation is to be saved, I believe that you must become its soul.
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Money is necessary — both to support a family and to advance causes one believes in.
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The greatness of a community is most accurately measured by the compassionate actions of its members.
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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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I think if people really read Martin Luther King, Jr., then they would begin to understand what he really represented. The philosophy that he developed, of course, he was greatly influenced by Gandhi and Jesus Christ.
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An evil deed is not redeemed by an evil deed in retaliation.
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I’m fulfilled in what I do. I never thought that a lot of money or fine clothes – the finer things of life – would make you happy. My concept of happiness is to be filled in a spiritual sense.
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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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I am convinced that the women of the world, united without any regard for national or racial dimensions, can become a most powerful force for international peace and brotherhood.
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Lesbian 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.
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