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.’
BERNICE KINGWhen 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.
More Bernice King Quotes
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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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My father provided some very important guidance in how we deal with conflict and polarization.
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At Grinnell College, for the first time in my life, I was in an all-white setting. It was a shocking experience.
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If people want to criticize me, that’s their issue.
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In 1985, I joined my mother in a protest against apartheid in which we were arrested at the South African embassy in Washington, D.C. And she was at President-elect Mandela’s side in Johannesburg when he claimed victory in South Africa’s first free elections.
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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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I know that the absence of my father in my life had its cost.
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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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My father really set the tone for us to be a more moral nation, to take a moral high ground in everything that we do.
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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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Before my mother was a King, she was a gifted vocalist and musician, whose skill and academia garnered her a scholarship to the prestigious New England Conservatory for Music in Boston.
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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.
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Continue to speak out against all forms of injustice to yourselves and others, and you will set a mighty example for your children and for future generations.
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Don’t be afraid of who sits in the White House. God can triumph over Trump.
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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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