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" Scandal sells books; fidelity does not. "

Coretta Scott King

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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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" 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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" Civil rights leaders, including my husband and Albert Turner, have fought long and hard to achieve free and unfettered access to the ballot box. Mr. Sessions has used the awesome power of his office to chill the free exercise of the vote by black citizens in the district he now seeks to serve as a federal judge. "

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" Wherever there was injustice, war, discrimination against women, gays and the disadvantaged, I did my best to show up and exert moral persuasion. "

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

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

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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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" 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. "

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

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

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

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

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" What most did not understand then was that I was not only married to the man I loved, but I was also married to the movement that I loved. "

Coretta Scott King

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

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" 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. "

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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 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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" 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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