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" A constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage is a form of gay bashing and it would do nothing to protect traditional marriages. "

Coretta Scott King

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" The greatness of a community is most accurately measured by the compassionate actions of its members. "

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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. "

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" I think that... discrimination in the job market is a very important area where work needs to be done. "

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" During the bus boycott, I was tested by fire, and I came to understand that I was not a breakable crystal figurine. "

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" Martin Luther King, Jr. tried to live his life serving others. "

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" I believe that women know if their husbands are unfaithful. They feel it. "

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" Particularly in the South, efforts continue to be made to deny blacks access to the polls, even where blacks constitute the majority of the voters. "

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" We should not forget that in the '60s, George Wallace's motto was 'segregation forever,' and that he did nothing to deter bombings and other acts of violence and, by his actions, condoned them. "

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" My story is a freedom song from within my soul. It is a guide to discovery, a vision of how even the worst pain and heartaches can be channeled into human monuments, impenetrable and everlasting. "

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" You have to have people who prick the consciences of the nation. "

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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. "

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" Before I was married to Martin and became a King, I was a proud Scott, shaped by my mother's discernment and my father's strength. "

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" Civil rights leaders, including my husband and Albert Turner, have fought long and hard to achieve free and unfettered access to the ballot box. Mr. Sessions has used the awesome power of his office to chill the free exercise of the vote by black citizens in the district he now seeks to serve as a federal judge. "

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" The woman power of this nation can be the power which makes us whole and heals the rotten community, now so shattered by war and poverty and racism. I have great faith in the power of women who will dedicate themselves whole-heartedly to the task of remaking our society. "

Coretta Scott King

" Struggle is a never ending process. Freedom is never really won, you earn it and win it in every generation. "

Coretta Scott King

" 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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" A vote for George Wallace is a vote for the past and oppression. "

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" What most did not understand then was that I was not only married to the man I loved, but I was also married to the movement that I loved. "

Coretta Scott King

" Wherever there was injustice, war, discrimination against women, gays and the disadvantaged, I did my best to show up and exert moral persuasion. "

Coretta Scott King

" To abandon affirmative action is to say there is nothing more to be done about discrimination. "

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" My professional and personal roots in Alabama are deep and lasting. "

Coretta Scott King

" Non-violence is a permanent attitude we bring to the breakfast table and bring to bed at night. "

Coretta Scott King

" Mr. Sessions' conduct as a U.S. Attorney, from his politically-motivated voting fraud prosecutions to his indifference toward criminal violations of civil rights laws, indicated that he lacks the temperament, fairness and judgment to be a federal judge. "

Coretta Scott King

" 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

" Our Congress passes laws which subsidize corporation farms, oil companies, airlines, and houses for suburbia. But when they turn their attention to the poor, they suddenly become concerned about balancing the budget and cut back on the funds for Head Start, Medicare, and mental health appropriations. "

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" Nelson Mandela sat in a South African prison for 27 years. He was nonviolent. He negotiated his way out of jail. His honor and suffering of 27 years in a South African prison is really ultimately what brought about the freedom of South Africa. That is nonviolence. "

Coretta Scott King

" Revenge and retaliation always perpetuate the cycle of anger, fear and violence. "

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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. "

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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. "

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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. "

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