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Quotes from My Life with Martin Luther King Jr., Revised Edition — Coretta Scott King

1927–2006 United States

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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.

My Life with Martin Luther King Jr., Revised Edition (1969)

Because his task was not finished, I felt that I must re-dedicate myself to the completion of his work.

My Life with Martin Luther King Jr., Revised Edition (1969)

Freedom is never really won. You earn it and win it in every generation. That is what we have not taught young people, or older ones for that matter. You do not finally win a state of freedom that is protected forever. It doesn't work that way.

My Life with Martin Luther King Jr., Revised Edition (1969)

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