I spend a lot of time meditating, which is something that I don’t think most people know about me.
BERNICE KINGWhen 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.
More Bernice King Quotes
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Somehow, we have to realize that what we watch and what we listen to not only often reflects our most violent tendencies but cultivates more violence.
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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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My dad was one who – he was nonpartisan, first of all. He learned to work with whatever administration was in office.
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My favorite preacher is not with me anymore, and that’s my father.
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Love is not a weak, spineless emotion; it is a powerful moral force on the side of justice.
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Nelson Mandela, a better man, not a bitter man, made our world a better place in which to live. His life and leadership exemplify the highest courage, dignity, and dedication to human liberation.
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Do we want to be successful, or do we just want to make noise just to make it? Or just to put something on the record? I’ll be honest with you, I’m tired of putting stuff on the record. I’m ready to see some real transformation and change.
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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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It is painful beyond measure to lose a loving father and grandmother to violence.
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In 1985, I joined my mother in a protest against apartheid in which we were arrested at the South African embassy in Washington, D.C. And she was at President-elect Mandela’s side in Johannesburg when he claimed victory in South Africa’s first free elections.
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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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In addition to a stronger focus on better training for law enforcement, America urgently needs programs to provide jobs and educational opportunities in economically depressed communities.
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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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My mother made countless sacrifices so that her children – and all children – could grow up in a better nation and world.
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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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