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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. "

Coretta Scott King

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" In the area of economic justice, we still have a long way to go. We have too many people who are discriminated against just because they happen to be black or they happen to be a woman or some other minority. "

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" Thank God we have the example of Martin Luther King, Jr. People need role models. They need to see examples of people in peoples' lives, and that's why it's so important not just to commemorate his life, but to study and try to live by the principles of that life. "

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

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" 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. "

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" The Voting Rights Act was, and still is, vitally important to the future of democracy in the United States. "

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

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" 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. "

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

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

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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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" 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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" Nonviolence is the only credible response to the violence we're seeing around the world. "

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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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" I can't help but believe that at some time in the not-too-distant future, there is going to be another movement to change these systemic conditions of poverty, injustice, and violence in people's lives. That is where we've got to go, and it is going to be a struggle. "

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" It is plain that we don't care about our poor people except to exploit them as cheap labor and victimize them through excessive rents and consumer prices. "

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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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" 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. "

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

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

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