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Coretta Scott King Quotes

American - Activist | April 27, 1927 - January 30, 2006

To abandon affirmative action is to say there is nothing more to be done about discrimination.

Coretta Scott King

Action Discrimination Done Nothing

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.

Coretta Scott King

Racism People Humanity Dignity Group

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

Family Fear Heart Me Resilience

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.

Coretta Scott King

Life Live God King People Thank God

Nelson Mandela sat in a South African prison for 27 years. He was nonviolent. He negotiated his way out of jail. His honor and suffering of 27 years in a South African prison is really ultimately what brought about the freedom of South Africa. That is nonviolence.

Coretta Scott King

Freedom Suffering Prison Honor Way

I think that... discrimination in the job market is a very important area where work needs to be done.

Coretta Scott King

Work Job Think Discrimination Done

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

Coretta Scott King

Future Democracy Voting Important

Nonviolence is the only credible response to the violence we're seeing around the world.

Coretta Scott King

World Violence Seeing Nonviolence

If American women would increase their voting turnout by ten percent, I think we would see an end to all of the budget cuts in programs benefiting women and children.

Coretta Scott King

Women Children Think End American

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.

Coretta Scott King

Voting Judge Fairness Fraud Judgment

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.

Coretta Scott King

Leader I Am Rich Thought Unique Way

It is plain that we don't care about our poor people except to exploit them as cheap labor and victimize them through excessive rents and consumer prices.

Coretta Scott King

People Care Labor Poor Cheap Our

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