Coretta Scott King

"The future will not care what we said; it will care what we did."

"Love and trust can transcend the deepest divides between people."

"I have discovered that the greatest reward is the joy of serving others."

"We must learn to live together as brothers or perish together as fools."

"The church of Jesus Christ will never live until it is willing to die."

"Hate destroys the hater; love builds the beloved."

"If you want to change the world, go home and love your family."

"History will have to record that the greatest tragedy of this period was not the strident clamor of the bad people but the appalling silence of the good."

"The role of the church is to be the conscience of the state."

"We are all involved in the effort to achieve a truly great nation."

"True peace is not the absence of conflict but the presence of creative alternatives for responding to conflict."

"To ignore suffering is to become a participant in it."

"Our redemption as a people lies in our capacity to change our position and our way of thinking."

"The role of every man is to be useful to the world."

"I believe in the redemptive power of nonviolence and the transforming power of love."

"We must work toward a world where all of God's children can hold hands and sing together."

"The ultimate weakness of violence is that it is a descending spiral."

"My role is to be a bridge builder, a conciliator, a voice for peace."

"In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies but the silence of our friends."

"True peace must be built on justice and equality for all."

"We are all children of God, worthy of dignity and respect."

"The vision of a beloved community must not be a dream deferred forever."

"I believe that we can achieve a world where the strong protect the weak and the rich help the poor."