If I had to do it all over again, would I want my dad here? I would say no. Our world is in a better place because our father gave his life.
BERNICE KINGInstitutionalized racism has been with us pre-Obama, and it obviously will be with us post-Obama.
More Bernice King Quotes
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The more you resist something, the more aggressive it becomes.
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My first introduction to South Africa’s struggle for freedom came when I was just 17. I had volunteered to speak in my mother’s stead at a United Nations forum on South Africa because she was unable to attend on that occasion.
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My father provided some very important guidance in how we deal with conflict and polarization.
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Like my father, I believe that nonviolence is the antidote to what he called ‘the triple evils of racism, poverty and militarism.’ These three evils were consuming our hopes for community in 1964, and, fifty years later, we remain divided because of their festering effects.
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I think the most pressing issue in our community is probably a generational divide.
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If people want to criticize me, that’s their issue.
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I wrestled with anger from the age of sixteen. It’s still one of my nemeses. I have to remember that the word of God says, ‘Be slow to anger.’
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In the end, I still have the same hope as my father – that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the last word.
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I believe that everyone, regardless of their beliefs, deserves the dignity of being called by their name.
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King-ian nonviolence is a way of thinking and living and is not confined to the work of social and systemic change.
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I know that the absence of my father in my life had its cost.
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As I reflect on the legacy of my father, the greatest aspect is his legacy of peace.
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My father really set the tone for us to be a more moral nation, to take a moral high ground in everything that we do.
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Without my ministry, I would just be Martin Luther King’s daughter. You know, when people call me that, it doesn’t bother me anymore. I know I am not my father. I know I am me.
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Something big is going on. I’m talking about a society that refuses to allow injustice just to persist without making our voices heard and without organizing to bring about effective change through our voting system.
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We must rediscover our faith in the future and join with one another to ensure that nonviolence is the prevalent choice for government, law enforcement, the non-profit sector, business, education, media, entertainment, arts, and for the global citizenry.
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Don’t be afraid of who sits in the White House. God can triumph over Trump.
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My mother and Ethel Kennedy became good friends and worked together on a number of causes they had shared with their husbands. They together co-chaired ‘A Time to Remember’ to mobilize a movement for gun control.
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Some of the aspects of my speaking style are inherited and come naturally to me. I didn’t take classes, and I didn’t do anything to hone my skills.
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Some people feel like I’m arrogant. It’s unfortunate, because people don’t know my heart.
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When my father died, the money he left us would have dried up within a year were it not for my mother. We might very well have ended up on welfare.
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I don’t know if you realize this, but anger is anger. It has no mind. It has no rationality. It’s mad, and it just wants to destroy.
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One person cannot be blamed for years of problems as it relates to race in America. This is something that has been with us since the founding of this nation. I mean, we were founded with slaves.
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The private sector enjoys tremendous freedom in the U.S, as it should. With freedom, however, comes responsibilities.
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We are carrying collectively a lot of trauma, especially those of us in the African-American community. And if we’re not careful, it’ll overtake us, and we’ll self-destruct.
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My favorite preacher is not with me anymore, and that’s my father.
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