I feel George Wallace symbolizes something in the past which America has rejected.
Interpretation
George Wallace represents a past ideology that America has moved away from.
In this quote, Coretta Scott King suggests that George Wallace, known for his segregationist policies, embodies a mindset and values that America has consciously decided to reject. It reflects the nation's evolution and moral progress, indicating a shift away from racism and division towards unity and inclusivity.
In practice
In a speech about civil rights, I might quote this to highlight societal progress.
I've always felt that homophobic attitudes and policies were unjust and unworthy of a free society and must be opposed by all Americans who believe in democracy. The civil rights movement thrives on unity and inclusion, not division and exclusion. My husband's struggle parallels that of the gay rights movement.
...We have an historic opportunity for a great global healing and renewal. If we will accept the challenge of nonviolent activism with faith, courage, and determination, we can bring this great vision of a world united in peace and harmony from a distant ideal into glowing reality.
I think if people really read Martin Luther King, Jr., then they would begin to understand what he really represented.
It doesn't matter how strong your opinions are. If you don't use your power for positive change, you are, indeed, part of the problem.
Sometimes, I am also identified as a civil rights leader or a human rights activist. I would also like to be thought of as a complex, three-dimensional, flesh-and-blood human being with a rich storehouse of experiences, much like everyone else, yet unique in my own way, much like everyone else.
People don't ever have to starve to death; there are solutions. We have failed if we can't eradicate hunger in Africa and Ethiopia.
For man is a giddy thing, and this is my conclusion.
Mastery of life is not a question of control, but of finding a balance between human and being...Human is form. Being is formless. Human and Being are not separate but interwoven.
There aren't just bad people that commit genocide; we are all capable of it. It's our evolutionary history.
Truth is tough. It will not break, like a bubble, at a touch; nay, you may kick it about all day like a football, and it will be round and full at evening.
The fact remains that secularism is inherent in the Indian system, in the Indian ethos and culture. India cannot but be secular.
I have made a ceaseless effort not to ridicule, not to bewail, not to scorn human actions, but to understand them.
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