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

Bernice King

My mother made countless sacrifices so that her children – and all children – could grow up in a better nation and world.
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Better Count Growth Mom Nation Sacrifice World
The private sector enjoys tremendous freedom in the U.S, as it should. With freedom, however, comes responsibilities.
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Enjoyment Freedom Privacy Responsibility
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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Father Fools Fulfill Live Togetherness
My father provided some very important guidance in how we deal with conflict and polarization.
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We must rediscover our faith in the future and join with one another to ensure that nonviolence is the prevalent choice for government, law enforcement, the non-profit sector, business, education, media, entertainment, arts, and for the global citizenry.
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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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Angry Madness Mindset Ration Realization Yourself
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.
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All of us have to be committed to a life beyond our own aspirations.
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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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My mother was the strong wife, partner, and co-worker Martin Luther King, Jr. needed to be an effective leader, and he said so on many occasions.
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We cannot afford to regard as normal the presence of injustice, inhumanity, and violence, including their verbal and cyber manifestations.
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Before my mother was a King, she climbed trees and wrestled with boys. And won. Even as a child, Coretta Scott demonstrated that her gender would not deter her success, nor did it detract from her strength.
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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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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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When I think about some of the policies that we make in this country, the policies are so self-driven.
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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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