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Each of us must decide whether it is more important to be proved right or to provoke righteousness.

Bernice King

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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Each of us must decide whether it is more important to be proved right or to provoke righteousness.
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Choice Decision Evidence Important Right
Some people feel like I’m arrogant. It’s unfortunate, because people don’t know my heart.
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Arrogant Feeling Heart Myself People Unfortunate
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.
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Better Dedication Human Leadership Liberty Man Place World
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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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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It is painful beyond measure to lose a loving father and grandmother to violence.
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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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Love is not a weak, spineless emotion; it is a powerful moral force on the side of justice.
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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.
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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.
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When 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.
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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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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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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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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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