Coretta Scott King Quotes - Page 3

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• How many must die before we can really have a free and true and peaceful society?

  Coretta Scott King

  Peace, Men, Long

  "My Life, My Love, My Legacy".

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• To really know someone is to have loved and hated him in turn.

  Coretta Scott King

  Hate, Turns, Knows

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• nonviolence first changes the individual.

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  Firsts, Individual, Nonviolence

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• If sexual relations between consenting adults are not part of the right to privacy guaranteed by the Constitution, then American democracy is in trouble.

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  Democracy, Adults, Privacy

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• Money is necessary -- both to support a family and to advance causes one believes in.

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  Believe, Support, Causes

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• 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.

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  Inspiring, Kings, Parenting

  "The Christian Science Monitor" Newspaper, July 2, 1974.

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• We have to launch a national campaign against homophobia in the black community.

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  Community, Black, Campaigns

  Reuters, June 08, 2001.

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• Lesbian and gay people are a permanent part of the American workforce, who currently have no protection from the arbitrary abuse of their rights on the job.

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  Jobs, Gay, Rights

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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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  Years, Things Change, Process

  Source: www.pbs.org

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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.

  Coretta Scott King

  Gay, Rights, Talking

  "An Advocate of Rights for All" by William C. Stosine, www.washingtonpost.com. February 1, 2006.

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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.

  Coretta Scott King

  Thinking, Challenges, Tactics

  "The Quotable Woman". Book by Elaine Partnow, p. 390, 1978.

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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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  Sex, Gay, Amendments

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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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  Kings, Philosophy, Iraq

  Source: www.pbs.org

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• I appeal to everyone who believes in Martin Luther King Jr.'s dream to make room at the table of brother- and sisterhood for lesbian and gay people.

  Coretta Scott King

  Dream, Brother, Kings

  Reuters, March 31, 1998.

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