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.
BERNICE KINGIn 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.
More Bernice King Quotes
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People have labeled me homophobic. If I was homophobic, I wouldn’t have friends who are gay and lesbian, so that can’t be true.
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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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At Grinnell College, for the first time in my life, I was in an all-white setting. It was a shocking experience.
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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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It is time for humanity to reset our spiritual compass from self-centeredness to other-centeredness.
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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.
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Without my ministry, I would just be Martin Luther King’s daughter. You know, when people call me that, it doesn’t bother me anymore. I know I am not my father. I know I am me.
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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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It is painful beyond measure to lose a loving father and grandmother to violence.
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Don’t be afraid of who sits in the White House. God can triumph over Trump.
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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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Do we want to be successful, or do we just want to make noise just to make it? Or just to put something on the record? I’ll be honest with you, I’m tired of putting stuff on the record. I’m ready to see some real transformation and change.
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I spend a lot of time meditating, which is something that I don’t think most people know about me.
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All of us have to be committed to a life beyond our own aspirations.
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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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