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The greatness of a community is most accurately measured by the compassionate actions of its members.
Coretta Scott King
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Coretta Scott King
Age: 78 †
Born: 1927
Born: April 27
Died: 2006
Died: January 30
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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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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.
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Hate is too great a burden to bear.
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I always knew that I was called to do something. I didn't know what, but I finally rationalized after I met Martin [Luther King, Jr.] and it took a lot of praying to discover this, that this was probably what God had called me to do, to marry him.
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When you are willing to make sacrifices for a great cause, you will never be alone.
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Struggle is a never ending process. Freedom is never really won, you earn it and win it in every generation.
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Without Coretta Scott King, there would not have been a Martin Luther King, Jr. in the way that we know him.
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Nonviolence is a method that transforms, first of all, the individual once you understand it and embrace it. It begins with you and, if you can, about transforming individuals so that they love unconditionally.
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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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People need role models. They need to see examples of people in peoples' lives.
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People have to allow themselves to be used by God and Martin [Luther King, Jr.] committed himself totally to God's will and purpose and God is always waiting for someone who is willing to do that.
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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. The civil rights movement thrives on unity and inclusion, not division and exclusion. My husband's struggle parallels that of the gay rights movement.
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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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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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nonviolence first changes the individual.
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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.
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...We have an historic opportunity for a great global healing and renewal. If we will accept the challenge of nonviolent activism with faith, courage, and determination, we can bring this great vision of a world united in peace and harmony from a distant ideal into glowing reality.
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If you give your life to a cause in which you believe, and if it is right and just, and if your life comes to an end as a result of this, then your life could not have been spent in a more redemptive way. I think that is what my husband has done.
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Behind every good man, there's a good woman reminding you I knew you when you didn't have nothing.
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This was really what I was supposed to be doing, and it was a great blessing to have discovered this, and to be doing what was God's will for your life.
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