Chicago Defender (1 April 1998)
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Famous Coretta Scott King Quotes
Source: My Life with Martin Luther King Jr., Revised Edition (1969/1993), Ch. 6
“Hate is too great a burden to bear. It injures the hater more than it injures the hated.”
As quoted in Understanding Cultural Diversity in Today's Complex World (2006) by Leo Parvis, p. 54
Harvard class day address (1968), quoted in International Education Vol. 1, p. 28
As quoted in Mary Lou Retton's Gateways to Happiness (2000) by Mary Lou Retton, David Bender, p. 213
On the parents of her husband, in The Christian Science Monitor (2 July 1974)
Coretta Scott King Quotes about people
As quoted in The Last Word : A Treasury of Women's Quotes (1992), by Carolyn Warner, p. 99
Reuters (31 March 1998)
Chicago Tribune (1 April 1998)
As quoted in Jewish Currents, Vol. 52, (April 1998), p 13
Coretta Scott King Quotes about freedom
“You do not finally win a state of freedom that is protected forever. It doesn't work that way.”
Source: My Life with Martin Luther King Jr., Revised Edition (1969/1993), p. xiii
Context: !-- We also need to remember that the struggle is a never ending process. --> Freedom is never really won. You earn it and win it in every generation. That is what we have not taught young people, or older ones for that matter. You do not finally win a state of freedom that is protected forever. It doesn't work that way.
“Freedom is never really won. You earn it and win it in every generation.”
Source: My Life with Martin Luther King Jr., Revised Edition (1969/1993), p. xiii
Context: !-- We also need to remember that the struggle is a never ending process. --> Freedom is never really won. You earn it and win it in every generation. That is what we have not taught young people, or older ones for that matter. You do not finally win a state of freedom that is protected forever. It doesn't work that way.
Press Conference on the Employment Non-Discrimination Act of 1994, Washington D.C. (23 June 1994)
Context: I support the Employment Non-Discrimination Act of 1994 because I believe that freedom and justice cannot be parceled out in pieces to suit political convenience. My husband, Martin Luther King, Jr. said, "Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere." On another occasion he said, "I have worked too long and hard against segregated public accommodations to end up segregating my moral concern. Justice is indivisible." Like Martin, I don't believe you can stand for freedom for one group of people and deny it to others.
So I see this bill as a step forward for freedom and human rights in our country and a logical extension of the Bill of Rights and the civil rights reforms of the 1950s and '60's.
The great promise of American democracy is that no group of people will be forced to suffer discrimination and injustice. I believe that this legislation will provide protection to a large group of working people, who have suffered persecution and discrimination for many years. To this endeavor, I pledge my wholehearted support.
As quoted in Shadow in the Land : Homosexuality in America (1989) by William Dannemeyer, p. 148
Coretta Scott King Quotes
“We have a lot more work to do in our common struggle against bigotry and discrimination.”
" Creating Change" conference of the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force http://americablog.com/2012/01/remember-the-words-of-coretta-scott-king-speaking-of-gay-civil-rights.html, Atlanta, Georgia (9 November 2000)
Context: 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.
Address at Georgia State University (15 February 2000)
As quoted in New Woman, Vol. 16, No. 4 (April 1986), p. 20
Harvard class day address (1968); published in the July 1, 1968, issue of Harvard Alumni Bulletin http://harvardmagazine.com/2011/05/coretta-scott-king-urges-students-to-speak-out-with-righteous-indignation
As quoted in International Education Vol. 1, p. 26
As quoted in The Quotable Woman (1978) by Elaine Partnow, p. 390
“I'm more determined than ever that my husband's dream will become a reality.”
Statement soon after her husband's slaying in April 1968, as quoted in CNN obituary (January 31, 2006) http://www2.cnn.com/2006/US/01/31/king.obit.ap/
My Life with Martin Luther King Jr., Revised Edition (1969/1993)
“Women, if the soul of the nation is to be saved, I believe that you must become its soul.”
As quoted in Daughters of the Promised Land, Women in American History (1970) by Page Smith, p. 273
