“As one whose husband and mother-in-law have died the victims of murder...” — Coretta Scott King Quote

“As one whose husband and mother-in-law have died the victims of murder and assassination, I stand firmly and unequivocally opposed to the death penalty for those convicted of capital offenses... An evil deed is not redeemed by an evil deed of retaliation.”

“A vote for George Wallace is a vote for the past and oppression.”

“Particularly in the South, efforts continue to be made to deny blacks access to the polls, even where blacks constitute the majority of the voters.”

“We are all dying one by one. We all smell of mortality, and we can't wash it off.”

“I asked this heroic pet lover how it felt to have died for a schnauzer named Teddy. Salvador Biagiani was philosophical. He said it sure beat dying for absolutely nothing in the Viet Nam War.”

“Death gives us sleep, eternal youth, and immortality.”