Coretta Scott King Quotes

Before I was married to Martin and became a King, I was a proud Scott, shaped by my mother's discernment and my father's strength.

Something is wrong that we have to feed so many. Why should there be poverty with all of our science and technology? There is no deficit in human resources - it is a deficit in human will.

The failure to invest in youth reflects a lack of compassion and a colossal failure of common sense.

Non-violence is a permanent attitude we bring to the breakfast table and bring to bed at night.

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.

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

There comes a time when time itself is ready for a change.

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 in history or nothing happens.