Author: Coretta Scott King

Quotes

On Thanksgiving Night, 1942, when I was fifteen years old, white racists burned our house to the ground.

On Thanksgiving Night, 1942, when I was fifteen years old, white racists burned our house to the ground.

- Coretta Scott King

Hate is too great a burden to bear. It injures the hater more than it injures the hated.

Hate is too great a burden to bear. It injures the hater more than it injures the hated.

- Coretta Scott King

Just be what you are. And I try to be my best self and be what I am and knowing what I am and be satisfied with that. And if people don't know it, maybe they'll eventually know it.

Just be what you are. And I try to be my best self and be what I am and knowing what I am and be satisfied with that. And if people don't know it, maybe they'll eventually know it.

- 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.

A constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage is a form of gay bashing and it would do nothing to protect traditional marriages.

- Coretta Scott King

Women, if the soul of the nation is to be saved, I believe that you must become its soul.

Women, if the soul of the nation is to be saved, I believe that you must become its soul.

- Coretta Scott King

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

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

- Coretta Scott King

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.

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.

- Coretta Scott King

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

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

- Coretta Scott King

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.

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.

- Coretta Scott King

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