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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.

Bernice King

If I had to do it all over again, would I want my dad here? I would say no. Our world is in a better place because our father gave his life.
BERNICE KING

Better Father Himself Improvement Life Place World
You 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 KING

Challenge Development Education Growth Guide Life People Perseverance Time Yourself
All of us have to be committed to a life beyond our own aspirations.
BERNICE KING

Aspiration Beyond Commitment Life Ourselves
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.
BERNICE KING

Family Human Realization Small Strong Yourself
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

Conditional End Father Hope Myself Word
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.
BERNICE KING

Friendship Label Myself People True
My favorite preacher is not with me anymore, and that’s my father.
BERNICE KING

Death Father Ourselves Preach Teaching
I think the most pressing issue in our community is probably a generational divide.
BERNICE KING

Community Division Generation Issues Myself Thinking
My mother and Ethel Kennedy became good friends and worked together on a number of causes they had shared with their husbands. They together co-chaired ‘A Time to Remember’ to mobilize a movement for gun control.
BERNICE KING

Control Friendship Goodness Mom Movement Togetherness Work
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.
BERNICE KING

Call Daughter Father Ministry Myself People
Choosing nonviolence does not mean that one will never get angry or become upset with others, including the ones we love.
BERNICE KING

Angry Choice Love Oneself Upset Violence
It is painful beyond measure to lose a loving father and grandmother to violence.
BERNICE KING

Beyond Lose Mom Pain Violence
My dad was one who – he was nonpartisan, first of all. He learned to work with whatever administration was in office.
BERNICE KING

Administration Father Himself Learning Office Work
When I speak, I want to ensure that there is at least one person in the audience who leaves the room transformed.
BERNICE KING

Leaving Myself Person Room Talk Transformation
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.
BERNICE KING

Arrest Election Freedom Join Mom Myself Politics Protest Victory
Nonviolence will empower and equip us to bring generations to the table and fuse our knowledge, gifts, and zeal together.
BERNICE KING

Empowerment Equipment Fusion Generation Knowledge Ourselves Togetherness Violence

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