Scandal sells books; fidelity does not.
Interpretation
This quote suggests that sensational stories attract more attention than honest and faithful narratives.
Coretta Scott King's quote highlights the tendency of society to gravitate towards scandalous and dramatic tales, which often result in higher sales and public interest, while stories rooted in fidelity and integrity may go unnoticed. This observation reflects a broader commentary on human nature's preference for the sensational over the truthful.
In practice
In a discussion about the publishing industry, one might say, 'As Coretta Scott King noted, scandal sells books; fidelity does not, highlighting what attracts readers.'
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.
Fear can supplant our real problems only to the extent -unwilling either to assimilate or to exhaust it -we perpetuate it within ourselves like a temptation and enthrone it at the very heart of our solitude.
I could not understand why men who knew all about good and evil could hate and kill each other.
Places have charisma, in short, as much as people do.
And the pain is too much it's too much it's too much and my hands are on my head and I'm rearing back and my mouth is open in a never-ending wordless wail of all the blackness that's inside me. And i fall back into it.
My religion is based on truth and non-violence. Truth is my God. Non-violence is the means of realising Him.
I am incapable of conceiving infinity, and yet I do not accept finity. I want this adventure that is the context of my life to go on without end.
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