Get QuoteDark Inspirational Quotes App

" 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. "

Related Quotes:

" I am scared that if Ronald Reagan gets into office, we are going to see more of the Ku Klux Klan and a resurgence of the Nazi Party. "

Coretta Scott King

Scared

I Am

" 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. "

" 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. "

" Like Gandhi, my husband had struggled with the issue of materialism. "

Coretta Scott King

Materialism

Issue

" 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. "

Coretta Scott King

Violence

Motto

" I believe all Americans who believe in freedom, tolerance and human rights have a responsibility to oppose bigotry and prejudice based on sexual orientation. "

" 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. "

" The failure to invest in youth reflects a lack of compassion and a colossal failure of common sense. "

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

" Just be what you are. And I try to be my best self and be what I am and knowing what I am and be satisfied with that. And if people don't know it, maybe they'll eventually know it. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" If you use weapons of war to bring about peace, you're going to have more war and destruction. "

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

" 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. "

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

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

" 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. "

" Justice is never advanced in the taking of a human life. "

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

" 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. "

" While not a panacea for the nation's illegal immigration problems, employer sanctions are one necessary means of stopping the exploitation of vulnerable workers and the undercutting of American jobs and living standards. "

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

" I feel George Wallace symbolizes something in the past which America has rejected. "

" Segregation was wrong when it was forced by white people, and I believe it is still wrong when it is requested by black people. "

" I think if people really read Martin Luther King, Jr., then they would begin to understand what he really represented. "

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

Coretta Scott King

Hate

Great

" Marrying Martin and the movement perfected my journey of discovery, soothed my yearning to pour out the values and vision within my soul. "

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

Coretta Scott King

Discrimination

Say