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.
CORETTA SCOTT KINGI 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.
More Coretta Scott King Quotes
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When aroused the American conscience is a powerful force for reform.
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Justice is never advanced in the taking of human life.
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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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Homophobia is like racism and anti-Semitism and other forms of bigotry in that it seeks to dehumanize a large group of people, to deny their humanity, their dignity and personhood.
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How many must die before we can really have a free and true and peaceful society?
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Money is necessary — both to support a family and to advance causes one believes in.
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Violence diminishes our humanity.
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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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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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Women, if the soul of the nation is to be saved, I believe that you must become its soul.
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I think if people really read Martin Luther King, Jr., then they would begin to understand what he really represented. The philosophy that he developed, of course, he was greatly influenced by Gandhi and Jesus Christ.
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The more visible signs of protest are gone, but I think there is a realization that the tactics of the late sixties are not sufficient to meet the challenges of the seventies.
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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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Hate is too great a burden to bear.
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