I always knew that I was called to do something. I didn’t know what, but I finally rationalized after I met Martin [Luther King, Jr.] and it took a lot of praying to discover this, that this was probably what God had called me to do, to marry him.
CORETTA SCOTT KINGIf 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.
More Coretta Scott King Quotes
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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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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.
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How many must die before we can really have a free and true and peaceful society?
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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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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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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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Justice is never advanced in the taking of human life.
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Nonviolence is a method that transforms, first of all, the individual once you understand it and embrace it. It begins with you and, if you can, about transforming individuals so that they love unconditionally.
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Violence diminishes our humanity.
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Hate is too great a burden to bear.
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I’m more determined than ever that my husband’s dream will become a reality.
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I still hear people say that I should not be talking about the rights of lesbian and gay people, and I should stick to the issue of racial justice.
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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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We must eliminate the gulf of mistrust and ignorance that keeps us from learning from each other.
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When aroused the American conscience is a powerful force for reform.
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