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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. "

Coretta Scott King

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" 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. "

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" Nonviolence would work today, it would work 2,000 years from now, it would work 5,000 years from now. "

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

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

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" As one whose husband and mother-in-law have died the victims of murder and assassination, I stand firmly and unequivocally opposed to the death penalty for those convicted of capital offenses... An evil deed is not redeemed by an evil deed of retaliation. "

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" On Thanksgiving Night, 1942, when I was fifteen years old, white racists burned our house to the ground. "

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" Gay and lesbian people have families, and their families should have legal protection, whether by marriage or civil union. "

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

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" When fear rushed in, I learned how to hear my heart racing but refused to allow my feelings to sway me. That resilience came from my family. It flowed through our bloodline. "

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

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

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

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

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

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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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" 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. "

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" I suppose I experienced the personal dilemma that baffles every working woman. What happens when you are expected to be Superwoman, to perform a dozen conflicting tasks at the same time? "

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" Sometimes, I am also identified as a civil rights leader or a human rights activist. I would also like to be thought of as a complex, three-dimensional, flesh-and-blood human being with a rich storehouse of experiences, much like everyone else, yet unique in my own way, much like everyone else. "

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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. "

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" 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. "

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

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

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