69 Great Quotes By Coretta Scott King
Hate is too great a burden to bear. It injures the hater more than it injures the hated.
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.
I always knew that I was called to do something. I didn't know what, but I finally rationalized after I met Martin - and it took a lot of praying to discover this - that this was probably what God had called me to do: to marry him.
You cannot have peaceful means - peaceful means will have to be used to bring about peaceful ends. If you use destructive means, you're going to bring about destructive ends.
In the area of economic justice, we still have a long way to go. We have too many people who are discriminated against just because they happen to be black or they happen to be a woman or some other minority.
I don't see how you can separate human rights and the rights of all people, no matter what their sexual orientation is.
Gay and lesbian people have families, and their families should have legal protection, whether by marriage or civil union.
A constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage is a form of gay bashing and it would do nothing to protect traditional marriages.
A vote for George Wallace is a vote for the past and oppression.
While not a panacea for the nation's illegal immigration problems, employer sanctions are one necessary means of stopping the exploitation of vulnerable workers and the undercutting of American jobs and living standards.
We should not forget that in the '60s, George Wallace's motto was 'segregation forever,' and that he did nothing to deter bombings and other acts of violence and, by his actions, condoned them.
I feel George Wallace symbolizes something in the past which America has rejected.
Struggle is a never ending process. Freedom is never really won, you earn it and win it in every generation.
Scandal sells books; fidelity does not.
What most did not understand then was that I was not only married to the man I loved, but I was also married to the movement that I loved.
Just be what you are. And I try to be my best self and be what I am and knowing what I am and be satisfied with that. And if people don't know it, maybe they'll eventually know it.
My professional and personal roots in Alabama are deep and lasting.
Knowing what I know now, if I could have chosen parents, I would have chosen exactly the ones God selected for me.
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.
As one whose husband and mother-in-law have died the victims of murder and assassination, I stand firmly and unequivocally opposed to the death penalty for those convicted of capital offenses... An evil deed is not redeemed by an evil deed of retaliation.
Mama and Daddy King represent the best in manhood and womanhood, the best in a marriage, the kind of people we are trying to become.
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.
My story is a freedom song of struggle. It is about finding one's purpose, how to overcome fear and to stand up for causes bigger than one's self.
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.
When Good Friday comes, these are the moments in life when we feel there's no hope. But then, Easter comes.
The greatness of a community is most accurately measured by the compassionate actions of its members.
Women, if the soul of the nation is to be saved, I believe that you must become its soul.
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 in history or nothing happens.
When fear rushed in, I learned how to hear my heart racing but refused to allow my feelings to sway me. That resilience came from my family. It flowed through our bloodline.
If American women 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.
