Coretta Scott Kingová citáty

Coretta Scott Kingová byla americká autorka, aktivistka především v oblasti občanských práv a manželka Martina Luthera Kinga Jr. Wikipedia  

✵ 27. duben 1927 – 30. leden 2006
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“I support the Employment Non-Discrimination Act of 1994 because I believe that freedom and justice cannot be parceled out in pieces to suit political convenience.”

Press Conference on the Employment Non-Discrimination Act of 1994, Washington D.C. (23 June 1994)
Kontext: I support the Employment Non-Discrimination Act of 1994 because I believe that freedom and justice cannot be parceled out in pieces to suit political convenience. My husband, Martin Luther King, Jr. said, "Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere." On another occasion he said, "I have worked too long and hard against segregated public accommodations to end up segregating my moral concern. Justice is indivisible." Like Martin, I don't believe you can stand for freedom for one group of people and deny it to others.
So I see this bill as a step forward for freedom and human rights in our country and a logical extension of the Bill of Rights and the civil rights reforms of the 1950s and '60's.
The great promise of American democracy is that no group of people will be forced to suffer discrimination and injustice. I believe that this legislation will provide protection to a large group of working people, who have suffered persecution and discrimination for many years. To this endeavor, I pledge my wholehearted support.

“We have a lot more work to do in our common struggle against bigotry and discrimination.”

" Creating Change" conference of the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force http://americablog.com/2012/01/remember-the-words-of-coretta-scott-king-speaking-of-gay-civil-rights.html, Atlanta, Georgia (9 November 2000)
Kontext: We have a lot more work to do in our common struggle against bigotry and discrimination. I say "common struggle" because I believe very strongly that all forms of bigotry and discrimination are equally wrong and should be opposed by right-thinking Americans everywhere. Freedom from discrimination based on sexual orientation is surely a fundamental human right in any great democracy, as much as freedom from racial, religious, gender, or ethnic discrimination.

“You do not finally win a state of freedom that is protected forever. It doesn't work that way.”

Zdroj: My Life with Martin Luther King Jr., Revised Edition (1969/1993), p. xiii
Kontext: !-- We also need to remember that the struggle is a never ending process. --> Freedom is never really won. You earn it and win it in every generation. That is what we have not taught young people, or older ones for that matter. You do not finally win a state of freedom that is protected forever. It doesn't work that way.

“Freedom is never really won. You earn it and win it in every generation.”

Zdroj: My Life with Martin Luther King Jr., Revised Edition (1969/1993), p. xiii
Kontext: !-- We also need to remember that the struggle is a never ending process. --> Freedom is never really won. You earn it and win it in every generation. That is what we have not taught young people, or older ones for that matter. You do not finally win a state of freedom that is protected forever. It doesn't work that way.

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

As quoted in Understanding Cultural Diversity in Today's Complex World‎ (2006) by Leo Parvis, p. 54

“We must all begin to question the experts. They have not really been right. No abundance of material goods can compensate for the death of individuality and personal creativity.”

Harvard class day address (1968); published in the July 1, 1968, issue of Harvard Alumni Bulletin http://harvardmagazine.com/2011/05/coretta-scott-king-urges-students-to-speak-out-with-righteous-indignation
As quoted in International Education Vol. 1, p. 26

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

As quoted in The Last Word : A Treasury of Women's Quotes (1992), by Carolyn Warner, p. 99

“I'm more determined than ever that my husband's dream will become a reality.”

Statement soon after her husband's slaying in April 1968, as quoted in CNN obituary (January 31, 2006) http://www2.cnn.com/2006/US/01/31/king.obit.ap/

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

As quoted in Daughters of the Promised Land, Women in American History (1970) by Page Smith, p. 273

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