The Voting Rights Act was, and still is, vitally important to the future of democracy in the United States. Coretta Scott King More Quotes by Coretta Scott King More Quotes From Coretta Scott King It doesn't matter how strong your opinions are. If you don't use your power for positive change, you are, indeed, part of the problem. Coretta Scott King strong power mistake Struggle is a never ending process. Freedom is never really won, you earn it and win it in every generation. Coretta Scott King freedom struggle inspiring Love is such a powerful force. It's there for everyone to embrace-that kind of unconditional love for all of humankind. That is the kind of love that impels people to go into the community and try to change conditions for others, to take risks for what they believe in. Coretta Scott King unconditional-love powerful believe I must remind you that starving a child is violence. Suppressing a culture is violence. Neglecting school children is violence. Punishing a mother and her family is violence. Discrimination against a working man is violence. Ghetto housing is violence. Ignoring medical need is violence. Contempt for poverty is violence. Coretta Scott King mother children school The greatness of a community is most accurately measured by the compassionate actions of its members. Coretta Scott King greatness compassion teamwork 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. Coretta Scott King freedom justice believe Women, if the soul of the nation is to be saved, I believe that you must become its soul. Coretta Scott King women soul believe Hate is too great a burden to bear. It injures the hater more than it injures the hated. Coretta Scott King forgiveness inspiring inspirational I am convinced that the women of the world, united without any regard for national or racial dimensions, can become a most powerful force for international peace and brotherhood. Coretta Scott King brotherhood powerful world When the heart is right, the mind and the body will follow. Coretta Scott King body mind heart When you are willing to make sacrifices for a great cause, you will never be alone. Coretta Scott King sacrifice causes life We have a lot more work to do in our common struggle against bigotry and discrimination. I say "common struggle" because I believe very strongly that all forms of bigotry and discrimination are equally wrong and should be opposed by right-thinking Americans everywhere. Freedom from discrimination based on sexual orientation is surely a fundamental human right in any great democracy, as much as freedom from racial, religious, gender, or ethnic discrimination. Coretta Scott King religious struggle believe We must eliminate the gulf of mistrust and ignorance that keeps us from learning from each other. Coretta Scott King mistrust ignorance Behind every good man, there's a good woman reminding you I knew you when you didn't have nothing. Coretta Scott King good-woman good-man men Women, in general, are not part of the corruption of the past, so they can give a new kind of leadership, a new image for mankind. Coretta Scott King kind giving past 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. Coretta Scott King historical men needs If you give your life to a cause in which you believe, and if it is right and just, and if your life comes to an end as a result of this, then your life could not have been spent in a more redemptive way. I think that is what my husband has done. Coretta Scott King husband believe thinking Segregation was wrong when it was forced by white people, and I believe it is still wrong when it is requested by black people. Coretta Scott King white memorable believe I still hear people say that I should not be talking about the rights of lesbian and gay people and I should stick to the issue of racial justice. But I hasten to remind them that Martin Luther King Jr. said, 'Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.' I appeal to everyone who believes in Martin Luther King Jr.'s dream to make room at the table of brother- and sisterhood for lesbian and gay people. Coretta Scott King brother kings dream 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 responsibility rights believe
