Struggle is a never ending process. Freedom is never really won, you earn it and win it in every generation.
Interpretation
Struggle for freedom is continuous and requires consistent effort from each generation.
Coretta Scott King's quote emphasizes that the fight for freedom and justice is an ongoing endeavor. It highlights the importance of perseverance and the need for each generation to actively participate in achieving and maintaining freedom, suggesting that it is not a one-time victory but a responsibility passed down through time.
In practice
During a speech on civil rights, one might use this quote to inspire activists.
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.
Courage is not the absence of fear β it s inspiring others to move beyond it.
Catholics are born for combat.
Be an outcast. Be pleased to walk alone.
Can any man be courageous who has the fear of death in him?
Some wish to live within the sound of a chapel bell, I want to run a rescue shop within a yard of Hell.
But in some ways I think it's braver to do it like this. And, to an extent, you know what? The worst that can happen is that everyone says, 'Well, that was dreadful, she should have stuck to writing for kids' and I can take that. So, yeah, I'll put it out there, and if everyone says, 'Well, that's shockingly bad β back to wizards with you', then obviously I won't be throwing a party. But I will live. I will live.
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