If Martin [Luther King, Jr.]’s philosophy had been embraced and lived out in Iraq and other places, we wouldn’t have bin Ladens.
CORETTA SCOTT KINGIt’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.
More Coretta Scott King Quotes
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The greatest violence is seeing a child go to bed hungry.
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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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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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Behind every good man, there’s a good woman reminding you I knew you when you didn’t have nothing.
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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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To really know someone is to have loved and hated him in turn.
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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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Hate is too great a burden to bear. It injures the hater more than it injures the hated.
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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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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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I’m more determined than ever that my husband’s dream will become a reality.
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An evil deed is not redeemed by an evil deed in retaliation.
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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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Women, in general, are not part of the corruption of the past, so they can give a new kind of leadership, a new image for mankind.
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People have to allow themselves to be used by God and Martin [Luther King, Jr.] committed himself totally to God’s will and purpose and God is always waiting for someone who is willing to do that.
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