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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.

Bernice King

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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Father Ground Moral Myself Nation
Institutionalized racism has been with us pre-Obama, and it obviously will be with us post-Obama.
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Existence Institutional Oppression Ourselves Race
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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Family Human Realization Small Strong Yourself
It is time for humanity to reset our spiritual compass from self-centeredness to other-centeredness.
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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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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
I spend a lot of time meditating, which is something that I don’t think most people know about me.
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Meditation Myself People Time
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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Administration Father Himself Learning Office Work
Something big is going on. I’m talking about a society that refuses to allow injustice just to persist without making our voices heard and without organizing to bring about effective change through our voting system.
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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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Afford Manifestation Normal Presence
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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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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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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The private sector enjoys tremendous freedom in the U.S, as it should. With freedom, however, comes responsibilities.
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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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Every 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.’
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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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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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Conditional End Father Hope Myself Word
Daddy taught us through his philosophy of nonviolence, which placed love at the centerpiece, that through that love we can turn enemies into friends. Through that love, we can create more dignified atmospheres.
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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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Death End Father Mom Money Ourselves
Don’t be afraid of who sits in the White House. God can triumph over Trump.
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My favorite preacher is not with me anymore, and that’s my father.
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Like my father, I believe that nonviolence is the antidote to what he called ‘the triple evils of racism, poverty and militarism.’ These three evils were consuming our hopes for community in 1964, and, fifty years later, we remain divided because of their festering effects.
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Environmental injustice is a tangible, intolerable example of an exhibited moral laxity and minimal concern for healthy standards by corporations and political structures based on the race, ethnicity, and class of those being impacted.
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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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Each of us must decide whether it is more important to be proved right or to provoke righteousness.
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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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