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.
BERNICE KINGIn the end, I still have the same hope as my father – that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the last word.
More Bernice King Quotes
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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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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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It is time for humanity to reset our spiritual compass from self-centeredness to other-centeredness.
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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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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.
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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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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 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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Love is not a weak, spineless emotion; it is a powerful moral force on the side of justice.
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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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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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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 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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Thank God for the efforts of Black Lives Matter – we’ve seen an awakening in this era in a way we didn’t see in Daddy’s era in terms of people coming to grips with white privilege.
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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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