civil rights activist Martin Luther King, Jr, author, activist, in Atlanta, Georgia. She is a recipient of the Congressional Gold Medal.
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“Hate is too great a burden to bear. It injures the hater more than it injures the hated.”
Coretta Scott King
“Struggle is a never ending process. Freedom is never really won you earn it and win it in every generation.”
“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.”
“The greatness of a community is most accurately measured by the compassionate actions of its members, a heart of grace and a soul generated by love.”
“When it's just us, I can be myself and know you'll love and understand me no matter what. You don't want anything from me except my happiness.”
“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.”
“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.”
“Women, if the soul of the nation is to be saved, I believe that you must become its soul.”
“I believe all Americans who believe in freedom, tolerance and human rights have a responsibility to oppose bigotry and prejudice based on sexual orientation.”
“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.”