Coretta Scott King

People don't ever have to starve to death; there are solutions. We have failed if we can't eradicate hunger in Africa and…

— Coretta Scott King

“I must remind you that starving a child is violence. Neglecting school children is violence. Punishing a mother and her family is…

— Coretta Scott King

You cannot believe in peace at home and not believe in international peace. A war with Iraq will increase anti-American sentiment, create…

— Coretta Scott King

When Good Friday comes, these are the moments in life when we feel there's no hope. But then, Easter comes.

— Coretta Scott King

“If American women increase their voting turnout by ten percent, I think we would see an end to all of the budget…

— Coretta Scott King

“Homophobia is like racism and anti-Semitism and other forms of bigotry in that it seeks to dehumanize a large group of people,…

— Coretta Scott King

There is no reason why a nation as rich as ours should be blighted by poverty, disease, and illiteracy.

— Coretta Scott King

If a man had nothing that was worth dying for, then he was not fit to live.

— Coretta Scott King

You have to have people who prick the consciences of the nation.

— Coretta Scott King

If sexual relations between consenting adults are not part of the right to privacy guaranteed by the Constitution, then American democracy is…

— Coretta Scott King

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

— Coretta Scott King

As one whose husband and mother-in-law have died the victims of murder and assassination, I stand firmly and unequivocally opposed to the…

— Coretta Scott King

Homophobia is like racism and anti-Semitism and other forms of bigotry in that it seeks to dehumanize a large group of people,…

— Coretta Scott King

If you give your life to a cause in which you believe, and if it is right and just, and if your…

— Coretta Scott King

The greatest violence is seeing a child go to bed hungry.

— Coretta Scott King

All we seek is an America where every person is given the chance to productively contribute to his country and where he…

— Coretta Scott King

If Martin [Luther King, Jr.]'s philosophy had been embraced and lived out in Iraq and other places, we wouldn't have bin Ladens.

— Coretta Scott King

You cannot have peaceful means - peaceful means will have to be used to bring about peaceful ends. If you use destructive…

— Coretta Scott King

When the heart is right, the mind and the body will follow.

— Coretta Scott King

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

— Coretta Scott King

It is plain that we don't care about our poor people except to exploit them as cheap labor and victimize them through…

— Coretta Scott King

The process of nonviolence is one that takes time and those of us who've suffered, who've been persecuted over the years, would…

— Coretta Scott King

I must remind you that starving a child is violence. Suppressing a culture is violence. Neglecting school children is violence. Punishing a…

— Coretta Scott King

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

— Coretta Scott King

When you are willing to make sacrifices for a great cause, you will never be alone.

— Coretta Scott King