I spend a lot of time meditating, which is something that I don’t think most people know about me.
BERNICE KINGOften, I am asked, ‘What was your father like?’ or, ‘What would he think?’ These are very difficult questions to answer, as I was so very young when I lost my father.
More Bernice King Quotes
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I think the most pressing issue in our community is probably a generational divide.
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Environmental injustice is a tangible, intolerable example of an exhibited moral laxity and minimal concern for healthy standards by corporations and political structures based on the race, ethnicity, and class of those being impacted.
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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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Trump’s election could be a blessing in disguise. This is the opportunity for America to correct itself.
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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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Nonviolence will empower and equip us to bring generations to the table and fuse our knowledge, gifts, and zeal together.
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All of us have to be committed to a life beyond our own aspirations.
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The time has long since come for truth, transparency, and talks in every sector of society, including media, advertisement and entertainment. We can challenge each other, gain understanding, and create a more just, humane, and peaceful world.
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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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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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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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Before she was a King, my mother was a peace advocate, a courageous leader, and an accomplished artist.
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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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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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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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