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.
CORETTA SCOTT KINGWhen aroused the American conscience is a powerful force for reform.
More Coretta Scott King Quotes
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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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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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If Martin [Luther King, Jr.]’s philosophy had been embraced and lived out in Iraq and other places, we wouldn’t have bin Ladens.
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When the heart is right, the mind and the body will follow.
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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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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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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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Justice is never advanced in the taking of human life.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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