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.
BERNICE KINGNonviolence will empower and equip us to bring generations to the table and fuse our knowledge, gifts, and zeal together.
More Bernice King Quotes
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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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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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All of us have to be committed to a life beyond our own aspirations.
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I think the most pressing issue in our community is probably a generational divide.
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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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I know that the absence of my father in my life had its cost.
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How do we expect change to occur if we are not willing to put on the whole armor of God and fight injustice wherever it raises its ugly head?
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The more you resist something, the more aggressive it becomes.
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Before my mother was a King, she was a gifted vocalist and musician, whose skill and academia garnered her a scholarship to the prestigious New England Conservatory for Music in Boston.
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Institutionalized racism has been with us pre-Obama, and it obviously will be with us post-Obama.
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In addition to needed gun control reforms, America urgently needs a stronger protest movement dedicated to reducing the glorification of violence in our culture – in music, film, television, video games, and even the Internet.
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If people want to criticize me, that’s their issue.
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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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Always realize that even your strongest advocate and opponent is a part of the human family; albeit they may have small shortcomings and even strength in them, they are part of that human family.
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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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I spend a lot of time meditating, which is something that I don’t think most people know about me.
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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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Love is not a weak, spineless emotion; it is a powerful moral force on the side of justice.
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Nonviolence will empower and equip us to bring generations to the table and fuse our knowledge, gifts, and zeal together.
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Trump’s election could be a blessing in disguise. This is the opportunity for America to correct itself.
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It is painful beyond measure to lose a loving father and grandmother to violence.
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It is time for humanity to reset our spiritual compass from self-centeredness to other-centeredness.
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When I think about some of the policies that we make in this country, the policies are so self-driven.
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In 1985, I was arrested, along with my mother and brother, Martin III, in a protest against apartheid at the South African Embassy in Washington, D.C.
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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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