If people want to criticize me, that’s their issue.
BERNICE KING
BERNICE KING
Bernice King on criticism
“If people want to criticize me, that’s their issue.”
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What I’m trying to do is fulfill what my father said, which is, ‘We have to find a way to live together as brothers and sisters, or together we’re going to perish as fools.’
Bernice KingBernice King Occasionally, in the afternoons, I catch a movie, watch football, go to Sunday brunch, or visit with family and friends.
Bernice KingBernice King In addition to a stronger focus on better training for law enforcement, America urgently needs programs to provide jobs and educational opportunities in economically depressed communities.
Bernice KingBernice King Don’t be afraid of who sits in the White House. God can triumph over Trump.
Bernice KingBernice King Choosing nonviolence does not mean that one will never get angry or become upset with others, including the ones we love.
Bernice KingBernice King Without my ministry, I would just be Martin Luther King’s daughter. You know, when people call me that, it doesn’t bother me anymore. I know I am not my father. I know I am me.
Bernice KingBernice King I spend a lot of time meditating, which is something that I don’t think most people know about me.
Bernice KingBernice King The more you resist something, the more aggressive it becomes.
Bernice KingBernice King Each of us must decide whether it is more important to be proved right or to provoke righteousness.
Bernice KingBernice King Some of the aspects of my speaking style are inherited and come naturally to me. I didn’t take classes, and I didn’t do anything to hone my skills.
Bernice KingBernice King 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.
Bernice KingBernice King 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.
Bernice KingBernice King 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.
Bernice KingBernice King When I speak, I want to ensure that there is at least one person in the audience who leaves the room transformed.
Bernice KingBernice King Nelson Mandela, a better man, not a bitter man, made our world a better place in which to live. His life and leadership exemplify the highest courage, dignity, and dedication to human liberation.
Bernice KingBernice King 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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