Coretta Scott King Quotes
Quotations and aphorisms by Coretta Scott King:
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 of history, or nothing happens.
~Coretta Scott King
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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.
~Coretta Scott King
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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.
~Coretta Scott King
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Women, if the soul of the nation is to be saved, I believe that you must become its soul.
~Coretta Scott King
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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.
~Coretta Scott King
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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.
~Coretta Scott King
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Hate is too great a burden to bear. It injures the hater more than it injures the hated.
~Coretta Scott King
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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.
~Coretta Scott King
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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.
~Coretta Scott King
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Struggle is a never ending process. Freedom is never really won, you earn it and win it in every generation.
~Coretta Scott King
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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.
~Coretta Scott King
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