Quotes from Coretta Scott King

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

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.

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.

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.

The Voting Rights Act was, and still is, vitally important to the future of democracy in the United States.

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.

Money is necessary -- both to support a family and to advance causes one believes in.

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.

If Martin [Luther King, Jr.]'s philosophy had been embraced and lived out in Iraq and other places, we wouldn't have bin Ladens.

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.

People have to allow themselves to be used by God and Martin [Luther King, Jr.] committed himself totally to God's will and purpose and God is always waiting for someone who is willing to do that.

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.

I can't help but believe that at some time in the not-too-distant future, there is going to be another movement to change these systemic conditions of poverty, injustice, and violence in people's lives. That is where we've got to go, and it is going to be a struggle.

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

Non-violence is a permanent attitude we bring to the breakfast table and bring to bed at night.

Justice is never advanced in the taking of a human life.

We must eliminate the gulf of mistrust and ignorance that keeps us from learning from each other.

When you are willing to make sacrifices for a great cause, you will never be alone.

Justice is never advanced in the taking of human life.

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.

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.

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?

As an African American child growing up in the segregated South, I was told, one way or another, almost every day of my life, that I wasn't as good as a white child.

When Good Friday comes, these are the moments in life when we feel there's no hope. But then, Easter comes.