In the end, I still have the same hope as my father – that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the last word.
BERNICE KINGDon’t be afraid of who sits in the White House. God can triumph over Trump.
More Bernice King Quotes
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All of us have to be committed to a life beyond our own aspirations.
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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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I believe that everyone, regardless of their beliefs, deserves the dignity of being called by their name.
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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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Each of us must decide whether it is more important to be proved right or to provoke righteousness.
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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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My mother was the strong wife, partner, and co-worker Martin Luther King, Jr. needed to be an effective leader, and he said so on many occasions.
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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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It is painful beyond measure to lose a loving father and grandmother to violence.
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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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Daddy taught us through his philosophy of nonviolence, which placed love at the centerpiece, that through that love we can turn enemies into friends. Through that love, we can create more dignified atmospheres.
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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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Some people feel like I’m arrogant. It’s unfortunate, because people don’t know my heart.
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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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