Coretta Scott King

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. ”

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

Segregation was wrong when it was forced by white people, and I believe it is still wrong when it is requested by black people. ”

Gay and lesbian people have families, and their families should have legal protection, whether by marriage or civil union. ”

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

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

Mama and Daddy King represent the best in manhood and womanhood, the best in a marriage, the kind of people we are trying to become. ”

Thank God we have the example of Martin Luther King, Jr. People need role models. They need to see examples of people in peoples' lives, and that's why it's so important not just to commemorate his life, but to study and try to live by the principles of that life. ”

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. ”

Martin Luther King, Jr. tried to live his life serving others. ”