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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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" 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. "

Coretta Scott King

People

Know

I Am

" 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. "

Coretta Scott King

Marry

Know

" 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. "

" 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

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

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

" There is a spirit and a need and a man at the beginning of every great human advance. Every one of these must be right for that particular moment of history, or nothing happens. "

" 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. "

" 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

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" My story is a freedom song of struggle. It is about finding one's purpose, how to overcome fear and to stand up for causes bigger than one's self. "

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

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

" 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. "

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

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

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

" 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. "

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

" There is no reason why a nation as rich as ours should be blighted by poverty, disease, and illiteracy. "

" Scandal sells books; fidelity does not. "

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

Coretta Scott King

Materialism

Issue

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

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

Coretta Scott King

Hate

Great

" 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? "