I think the most pressing issue in our community is probably a generational divide.
BERNICE KINGLike 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.
More Bernice King Quotes
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Love is not a weak, spineless emotion; it is a powerful moral force on the side of justice.
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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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It is time for humanity to reset our spiritual compass from self-centeredness to other-centeredness.
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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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Don’t be afraid of who sits in the White House. God can triumph over Trump.
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My first introduction to South Africa’s struggle for freedom came when I was just 17. I had volunteered to speak in my mother’s stead at a United Nations forum on South Africa because she was unable to attend on that occasion.
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Before she was a King, my mother was a peace advocate, a courageous leader, and an accomplished artist.
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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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My favorite preacher is not with me anymore, and that’s my father.
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Choosing nonviolence does not mean that one will never get angry or become upset with others, including the ones we love.
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In 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.
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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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It is painful beyond measure to lose a loving father and grandmother to violence.
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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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Institutionalized racism has been with us pre-Obama, and it obviously will be with us post-Obama.
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