Coretta Scott King

The failure to invest in youth reflects a lack of compassion and a colossal failure of common sense. ”

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. ”

I feel George Wallace symbolizes something in the past which America has rejected. ”

A vote for George Wallace is a vote for the past and oppression. ”

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. ”

Sometimes, I am also identified as a civil rights leader or a human rights activist. I would also like to be thought of as a complex, three-dimensional, flesh-and-blood human being with a rich storehouse of experiences, much like everyone else, yet unique in my own way, much like everyone else. ”

Wherever there was injustice, war, discrimination against women, gays and the disadvantaged, I did my best to show up and exert moral persuasion. ”

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

In the area of economic justice, we still have a long way to go. We have too many people who are discriminated against just because they happen to be black or they happen to be a woman or some other minority. ”

I don't see how you can separate human rights and the rights of all people, no matter what their sexual orientation is. ”