Choosing nonviolence does not mean that one will never get angry or become upset with others, including the ones we love.
BERNICE KINGEach of us must decide whether it is more important to be proved right or to provoke righteousness.
More Bernice King Quotes
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My first introduction to South Africa’s struggle for freedom came when I was just 17. I had volunteered to speak in my mother’s stead at a United Nations forum on South Africa because she was unable to attend on that occasion.
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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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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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Before she was a King, my mother was a peace advocate, a courageous leader, and an accomplished artist.
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Among her many accomplishments, my mother is often identified as the leader of the Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday movement.
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Refuse to be disheartened, discouraged, distracted from your goals in life.
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It is time for humanity to reset our spiritual compass from self-centeredness to other-centeredness.
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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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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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In addition to needed gun control reforms, America urgently needs a stronger protest movement dedicated to reducing the glorification of violence in our culture – in music, film, television, video games, and even the Internet.
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I don’t know if you realize this, but anger is anger. It has no mind. It has no rationality. It’s mad, and it just wants to destroy.
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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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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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If people want to criticize me, that’s their issue.
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Trump’s election could be a blessing in disguise. This is the opportunity for America to correct itself.
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