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

Hate is too great a burden to bear.

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

For many years now, I have been an outspoken supporter of civil and human rights for gay and lesbian people. Gays and lesbians stood up for civil rights in Montgomery, Selma, in Albany, Ga. and St. Augustine, Fla., and many other campaigns of the Civil Rights Movement. Many of these courageous men and women were fighting for my freedom at a time when they could find few voices for their own, and I salute their contributions.

Without Coretta Scott King, there would not have been a Martin Luther King, Jr. in the way that we know him.

A constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriages is a form of gay bashing and it would do nothing at all to protect traditional marriages.

How many must die before we can really have a free and true and peaceful society?