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"29 Coretta Scott King Quotes & Sayings

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Born: 27 April 1927. Died: 30 January 2006 | Author | Activist |

Hate is too great a burden to bear. It injures the hater more than it injures the hated.

Hate Too great A burden It injures
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Homophobia is like racism and Antisemitism and other forms of bigotry in that it seeks to dehumanize a large group of people, to deny their humanity, their dignity and person hood.

Homophobia Like racism Antisemitism Other forms
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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.

Peaceful means Be used Ends Destructive means
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I don't see how you can separate human rights and the rights of all people, no matter what their sexual orientation is.

Can separate Human rights All people No matter
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Struggle is a never ending process. Freedom is never really won, you earn it and win it in every generation.

Struggle Ending process Freedom Never
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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.

Freedom Justice Be parceled Political convenience
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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.

Freedom song Struggle One's purpose Overcome fear
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The greatness of a community is most accurately measured by the compassionate actions of its members.

The greatness A community Accurately measured Compassionate actions
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Women, if the soul of the nation is to be saved, I believe that you must become its soul.
Women The soul The nation Be saved
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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.

When fear Rushed in I learned To hear
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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.

I believe In freedom Tolerance Human right
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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.

Segregation Was wrong Was forced White people
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There is no reason why a nation as rich as ours should be blighted by poverty, disease, and illiteracy.

No reason A nation As rich Be blighted
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Justice is never advanced in the taking of a human life.

Justice Never advanced The taking Human life
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If you use weapons of war to bring about peace, you're going to have more war and destruction.

Use weapons War About peace Have more
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To abandon affirmative action is to say there is nothing more to be done about discrimination.

Abandon Affirmative action Nothing more Be done
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Revenge and retaliation always perpetuate the cycle of anger, fear and violence.

Revenge Retaliation Always perpetuate Anger
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I believe that women know if their husbands are unfaithful.They feel it.

I believe Women know Their husbands Are unfaithful
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We have the example of Martin Luther King, Jr. People need role models. They need to see examples of people in peoples' lives, and that's why it's so important not just to commemorate his life, but to study and try to live by the principles of that life.

The example People needs Role models So important
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It is plain that we don't care about our poor people except to exploit them as cheap labor and victimize them through excessive rents and consumer prices.

Don't care Poor people Exploit them Cheap labor
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Something is wrong that we have to feed so many. Why should there be poverty with all of our science and technology? There is no deficit in human resources -it is a deficit in human will.

We have To feed Be poverty Our science
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People don't ever have to starve to death; there are solutions. We have failed if we can't eradicate hunger in Africa and Ethiopia.

People To starve To death Are solutions
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The failure to invest in youth reflects a lack of compassion and a colossal failure of common sense.

The failure Invest In youth Compassion
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Non-violence is a permanent attitude we bring to the breakfast table and bring to bed at night.

No-violence Permanent attitude We bring Breakfast table
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Martin Luther King, Jr. tried to live his life serving others.

Tried to Live His life Serving others
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You have to have people who prick the consciences of the nation.

Have to People Who prick The consciences
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We can prevent many people from becoming terrorists by truly listening to people who feel they've been treated unjustly and responding to their concerns with a sense of justice and compassion.

Can prevent Many people Becoming terrorist Truly listening
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Nonviolence is the only credible response to the violence we're seeing around the world.

Nonviolence Credible response Seeing around The world
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Marrying Martin and the movement perfected my journey of discovery, soothed my yearning to pour out the values and vision within my soul.

Movement perfected My journey Discovery Pour out
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Coretta Scott King Quotes & Sayings