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.
CORETTA SCOTT KINGIf sexual relations between consenting adults are not part of the right to privacy guaranteed by the Constitution, then American democracy is in trouble.
More Coretta Scott King Quotes
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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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If a man had nothing that was worth dying for, then he was not fit to live.
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Justice is never advanced in the taking of human life.
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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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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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Violence diminishes our humanity.
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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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An evil deed is not redeemed by an evil deed in retaliation.
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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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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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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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The greatness of a community is most accurately measured by the compassionate actions of its members.
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To really know someone is to have loved and hated him in turn.
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I appeal to everyone who believes in Martin Luther King Jr.’s dream to make room at the table of brother- and sisterhood for lesbian and gay people.
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