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.
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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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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Women, if the soul of the nation is to be saved, I believe that you must become its soul.
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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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Violence diminishes our humanity.
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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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There is a spirit and a need and a man at the beginning of every great human advance. Every one of these must be right for that particular moment of history, or nothing happens.
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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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We must eliminate the gulf of mistrust and ignorance that keeps us from learning from each other.
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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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When the heart is right, the mind and the body will follow.
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I believe all Americans who believe in freedom, tolerance and human rights have a responsibility to oppose bigotry and prejudice based on sexual orientation.
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When you are willing to make sacrifices for a great cause, you will never be alone.
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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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To really know someone is to have loved and hated him in turn.
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If American women would increase their voting turnout by ten percent, I think we would see an end to all of the budget cuts in programs benefiting women and children.
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