Without Coretta Scott King, there would not have been a Martin Luther King, Jr. in the way that we know him.
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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Women, if the soul of the nation is to be saved, I believe that you must become its soul.
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When the heart is right, the mind and the body will follow.
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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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When you are willing to make sacrifices for a great cause, you will never be alone.
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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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Behind every good man, there’s a good woman reminding you I knew you when you didn’t have nothing.
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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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If you give your life to a cause in which you believe, and if it is right and just, and if your life comes to an end as a result of this, then your life could not have been spent in a more redemptive way. I think that is what my husband has done.
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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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An evil deed is not redeemed by an evil deed in retaliation.
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When aroused the American conscience is a powerful force for reform.
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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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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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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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