Coretta Scott King

"I believe that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word."

"We are all tied together in a single garment of destiny."

"The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice."

"A nation that continues year after year to spend more money on military defense than on programs of social uplift is approaching spiritual death."

"Love is the most durable power in the world."

"I have always believed that violence was a sin against God and against humanity."

"Nonviolence is a powerful and just weapon, which cuts without wounding and ennobles the man who wields it."

"The greatness of a community is most accurately measured by the compassionate actions of its members."

"Freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor; it must be demanded by the oppressed."

"Our lives end the day we become silent about things that matter."

"Every person has something of value to contribute to society."

"The purpose of education is to teach a person to think intensively and to think critically."

"I must constantly work to subdue all negative instincts before they come into being."

"Hate for hate only intensifies the existence of hate and evil in the universe."

"We cannot walk alone. And as we walk, we must make the pledge that we shall always march ahead."

"My role is to inspire and encourage my family and all around me to embrace nonviolence as a way of life."

"The beauty of genuine brotherhood and sisterhood is more powerful than the hatred of those who would divide us."

"Give yourself to others and you'll find a richer life than any you could have imagined."

"Poverty is the worst form of violence."

"The time comes when one must take a position that is neither safe, nor politic, nor popular."

"We should be concerned not merely about who murdered him but about the system, the way of life, the philosophy which produced the murderer."

"History will judge societies and nations by how they treated the poorest and most vulnerable."

"Let us not seek to satisfy our thirst for freedom by drinking from the cup of bitterness and hatred."

"Service to humanity is the best work of life."

"The moral arc of the universe bends toward justice, but it does not bend on its own."

"We cannot achieve our liberation through the oppression of others."

"Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere."

"A woman's place is in the home only if that home is understood as the whole society."

"Everybody can be great because everybody can serve."

"The answer to injustice is not to replace one form of injustice with another."