A loss for us all....

I was truly saddened to awaken to news of the death of Coretta Scott King. She has seemed me to be one of the few American leaders to truly embrace civil rights as it applies to all people. Here are her most popular quotes:

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

I believe all Americans who believe in freedom, tolerance and human rights have a responsibility to oppose bigotry and prejudice based on sexual orientation.

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

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.

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