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.
BERNICE KINGAfter acknowledging that most law enforcement personnel are fair-minded and do a difficult job, it only takes one exception to create a terrible tragedy.
More Bernice King Quotes
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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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I think the most pressing issue in our community is probably a generational divide.
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We are carrying collectively a lot of trauma, especially those of us in the African-American community. And if we’re not careful, it’ll overtake us, and we’ll self-destruct.
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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.
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My favorite preacher is not with me anymore, and that’s my father.
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When I speak, I want to ensure that there is at least one person in the audience who leaves the room transformed.
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I know that the absence of my father in my life had its cost.
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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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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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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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Among her many accomplishments, my mother is often identified as the leader of the Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday movement.
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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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Thank God for the efforts of Black Lives Matter – we’ve seen an awakening in this era in a way we didn’t see in Daddy’s era in terms of people coming to grips with white privilege.
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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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