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I'm more determined than ever that my husband's dream will become a reality.

Coretta Scott King
We have to launch a national campaign against homophobia in the black community

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

Coretta Scott King
I don't believe you can stand for freedom for one group of people and deny it to others.

Coretta Scott King
Women, if the soul of the nation is to be saved, I believe that you must become its soul.

Coretta Scott King
Because his task was not finished, I felt that I must re-dedicate myself to the completion of his work.

Coretta Scott King
Vietnam has been replaced by an undeclared war in our central cities... fought by gangs with guns over drugs.

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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.

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Women, in general, are not part of the corruption of the past, so they can give a new kind of leadership, a new image for mankind.

Coretta Scott King
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
The greatness of a community is most accurately measured by the compassionate actions of its members... a heart of grace and a soul generated by love.

Coretta Scott King
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
I've always felt that homophobic attitudes and policies were unjust and unworthy of a free society and must be opposed by all Americans who believe in democracy.

Coretta Scott King
On Martin Luther King, Jr. 's speech at the 1963 March on Washington:
At that moment it seemed as if the Kingdom of God appeared. But it only lasted for a moment.

Coretta Scott King
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
It's going to take an act of Congress to deal with poverty and hunger, not only in this country, but throughout the world. We have the resources but we don't have the will.

Coretta Scott King
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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We must all begin to question the experts. They have not really been right. No abundance of material goods can compensate for the death of individuality and personal creativity.

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.

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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.

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