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

Coretta Scott King

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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. "

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

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

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

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

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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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" 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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