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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. "

Coretta Scott King

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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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" 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. "

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

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" Struggle is a never ending process. Freedom is never really won, you earn it and win it in every generation. "

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" 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. "

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

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

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

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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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" 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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" 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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" 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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" I'm fulfilled in what I do. I never thought that a lot of money or fine clothes - the finer things of life - would make you happy. My concept of happiness is to be filled in a spiritual sense. "

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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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" 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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