Nonviolence first changes the individual.
CORETTA SCOTT KING
As an African American child growing up in the segregated South, I was told, one way or another, almost every day of my life, that I wasn’t as good as a white child.
More Coretta Scott King Quotes
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Nonviolence first changes the individual.
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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 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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When aroused the American conscience is a powerful force for reform.
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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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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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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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It’s going to take an act of Congress to deal with poverty and hunger, not only in this country, but throughout the world. We have the resources but we don’t have the will.
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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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The greatness of a community is most accurately measured by the compassionate actions of its members.
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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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Nonviolence is a method that transforms, first of all, the individual once you understand it and embrace it. It begins with you and, if you can, about transforming individuals so that they love unconditionally.
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The greatest violence is seeing a child go to bed hungry.
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