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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.

Bernice King

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.
BERNICE KING

Challenge Development Education Growth Guide Life People Perseverance Time Yourself
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 KING

Environment Health Impact Injustice Minimal Moral Race Standard
I believe that everyone, regardless of their beliefs, deserves the dignity of being called by their name.
BERNICE KING

Belief Believe Dignity Myself Name
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 KING

Control Friendship Goodness Mom Movement Togetherness Work
Often, 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.
BERNICE KING

Difficult Father Myself Question Young
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.
BERNICE KING

Entertainment Human Peace Time Transparent Truth World
If I had to do it all over again, would I want my dad here? I would say no. Our world is in a better place because our father gave his life.
BERNICE KING

Better Father Himself Improvement Life Place World
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.
BERNICE KING

Acknowledgement Difficult Exception Law Mindset Oneself Terrible Tragedy
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 KING

Father Fools Fulfill Live Togetherness
Some people feel like I’m arrogant. It’s unfortunate, because people don’t know my heart.
BERNICE KING

Arrogant Feeling Heart Myself People Unfortunate
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 KING

Aspect Class Inheritance Myself Skill Style
All of us have to be committed to a life beyond our own aspirations.
BERNICE KING

Aspiration Beyond Commitment Life Ourselves
Choosing nonviolence does not mean that one will never get angry or become upset with others, including the ones we love.
BERNICE KING

Angry Choice Love Oneself Upset Violence
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.
BERNICE KING

Family Human Realization Small Strong Yourself
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.
BERNICE KING

Father Humanity Literature Myself People Togetherness
Before she was a King, my mother was a peace advocate, a courageous leader, and an accomplished artist.
BERNICE KING

Accomplishment Artist Courage Leadership Mom Peace

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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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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