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Coretta Scott King

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Who is Coretta Scott King? The quotes below are the best introduction we can offer. Their thinking spans from Freedom to Women, revealing a mind that refused to stay in one lane. Discover 11 of Coretta Scott King's most memorable quotes, ranging across Freedom, Women, Parenting, Money, and Marriage. To get a sense of their style, try: "Women, if the soul of the nation is to be saved, I believe that you must become its soul."

“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

All Quotes by Coretta Scott King

“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.”

— Coretta Scott King

History

“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

“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.”

— Coretta Scott King

Happiness

“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.”

— Coretta Scott King

Marriage

“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.”

— Coretta Scott King

Freedom

“I believe all Americans who believe in freedom, tolerance and human rights have a responsibility to oppose bigotry and prejudice based on sexual orientation.”

— Coretta Scott King

Freedom

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

— Coretta Scott King

Great

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

— Coretta Scott King

Freedom

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

— Coretta Scott King

Women