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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.

Bernice 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.
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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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My favorite preacher is not with me anymore, and that’s my father.
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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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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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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.’
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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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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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Occasionally, in the afternoons, I catch a movie, watch football, go to Sunday brunch, or visit with family and friends.
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Somehow, we have to realize that what we watch and what we listen to not only often reflects our most violent tendencies but cultivates more violence.
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One person cannot be blamed for years of problems as it relates to race in America. This is something that has been with us since the founding of this nation. I mean, we were founded with slaves.
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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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Some people feel like I’m arrogant. It’s unfortunate, because people don’t know my heart.
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King-ian nonviolence is a way of thinking and living and is not confined to the work of social and systemic change.
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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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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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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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