If people want to criticize me, that’s their issue.
BERNICE KING
The private sector enjoys tremendous freedom in the U.S, as it should. With freedom, however, comes responsibilities.
More Bernice King Quotes
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If people want to criticize me, that’s their issue.
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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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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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You will encounter misguided people from time to time. That’s part of life. The challenge is to educate them when you can, but always to keep your dignity and self-respect and persevere in your personal growth and development.
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The more you resist something, the more aggressive it becomes.
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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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Nonviolence will empower and equip us to bring generations to the table and fuse our knowledge, gifts, and zeal together.
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Before my mother was a King, she climbed trees and wrestled with boys. And won. Even as a child, Coretta Scott demonstrated that her gender would not deter her success, nor did it detract from her strength.
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My father literally fought his entire life to ensure the inclusion of all people because he understood that we were intertwined and connected together in humanity.
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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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When I think about some of the policies that we make in this country, the policies are so self-driven.
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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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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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People have labeled me homophobic. If I was homophobic, I wouldn’t have friends who are gay and lesbian, so that can’t be true.
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Each of us must decide whether it is more important to be proved right or to provoke righteousness.
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