"An evil deed is not redeemed by an evil deed of retaliation. Justice is never advanced in the taking of a human life. Morality is never upheld by a legalized murder."

— Coretta Scott King (via messily) in a speech to National Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty, Washington, DC, September 26, 1981. (via hummingbrdheart)

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