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When I think about some of the policies that we make in this country, the policies are so self-driven.

Bernice King

I think the most pressing issue in our community is probably a generational divide.
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Community Division Generation Issues Myself Thinking
When I speak, I want to ensure that there is at least one person in the audience who leaves the room transformed.
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Leaving Myself Person Room Talk Transformation
My favorite preacher is not with me anymore, and that’s my father.
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Death Father Ourselves Preach Teaching
Each of us must decide whether it is more important to be proved right or to provoke righteousness.
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Choice Decision Evidence Important Right
Don’t be afraid of who sits in the White House. God can triumph over Trump.
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Afraid God White
Among her many accomplishments, my mother is often identified as the leader of the Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday movement.
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Accomplishment Identify Leadership Mom Myself
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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My father provided some very important guidance in how we deal with conflict and polarization.
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Conflict Father Guidance Important Myself
Love is not a weak, spineless emotion; it is a powerful moral force on the side of justice.
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After acknowledging that most law enforcement personnel are fair-minded and do a difficult job, it only takes one exception to create a terrible tragedy.
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If people want to criticize me, that’s their issue.
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Criticism Issues Myself People
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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Better Count Growth Mom Nation Sacrifice World
It is time for humanity to reset our spiritual compass from self-centeredness to other-centeredness.
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Centre Humanity Spiritual Time
Every time I go to these racial forums, it is people who are alike, or it is progressives and liberals. So I said, ‘At some point, we’ve got to bring the progressives and the liberals and the conservatives together.’
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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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Control Friendship Goodness Mom Movement Togetherness Work
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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When I think about some of the policies that we make in this country, the policies are so self-driven.

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