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 KINGWhat 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 KINGOccasionally, in the afternoons, I catch a movie, watch football, go to Sunday brunch, or visit with family and friends.
BERNICE KINGI 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.
BERNICE KINGIt is painful beyond measure to lose a loving father and grandmother to violence.
BERNICE KINGContinue 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.
BERNICE KINGPeople have labeled me homophobic. If I was homophobic, I wouldn’t have friends who are gay and lesbian, so that can’t be true.
BERNICE KINGAt Grinnell College, for the first time in my life, I was in an all-white setting. It was a shocking experience.
BERNICE KINGInstitutionalized racism has been with us pre-Obama, and it obviously will be with us post-Obama.
BERNICE KINGYou 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 KINGThe private sector enjoys tremendous freedom in the U.S, as it should. With freedom, however, comes responsibilities.
BERNICE KINGWhen I speak, I want to ensure that there is at least one person in the audience who leaves the room transformed.
BERNICE KINGWe 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.
BERNICE KINGLove is not a weak, spineless emotion; it is a powerful moral force on the side of justice.
BERNICE KINGKing-ian nonviolence is a way of thinking and living and is not confined to the work of social and systemic change.
BERNICE KINGEvery time I go to these racial forums, it is people who are alike, or it is progressives and liberals. So I said, ‘At some point, we’ve got to bring the progressives and the liberals and the conservatives together.’
BERNICE KINGMy father really set the tone for us to be a more moral nation, to take a moral high ground in everything that we do.
BERNICE KING