When the heart is right, the mind and the body will follow.
CORETTA SCOTT KINGViolence diminishes our humanity.
More Coretta Scott King Quotes
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When aroused the American conscience is a powerful force for reform.
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The greatness of a community is most accurately measured by the compassionate actions of its members.
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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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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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Hate is too great a burden to bear.
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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.
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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.
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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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Justice is never advanced in the taking of human life.
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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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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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We have to launch a national campaign against homophobia in the black community.
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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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An evil deed is not redeemed by an evil deed in retaliation.
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Mama and Daddy King represent the best in manhood and womanhood, the best in a marriage, the kind of people we are trying to become.
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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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If a man had nothing that was worth dying for, then he was not fit to live.
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Nonviolence first changes the individual.
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This was really what I was supposed to be doing, and it was a great blessing to have discovered this, and to be doing what was God’s will for your life.
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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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People need role models. They need to see examples of people in peoples’ lives.
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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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Money is necessary — both to support a family and to advance causes one believes in.
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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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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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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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