96 Quotes by Bernice King

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    I am urging Americans to be more careful about the kinds of media we support with our consumer spending. We've got to invest less in the media that glorifies violence and more in entertainment that lifts up the values of love, compassion, and the best in human nature.

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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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    At Grinnell College, for the first time in my life, I was in an all-white setting. It was a shocking experience.

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    With continued prayer and an equally-determined commitment to action for needed anti-violence reforms, let us resolve to work toward a new era in which every American child and every adult are protected from the ravages of brutality, safe and secure in our homes and schools and communities.

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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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    Something is very wrong when our federal and state governments have a high tolerance for the unrestricted distribution of weapons of mass destruction, and it would be wrong to let this deadly form of neglect continue to facilitate bloodshed across America.

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    Nonviolence will empower and equip us to bring generations to the table and fuse our knowledge, gifts, and zeal together.

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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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    I wouldn't say I'm against same-sex marriage. I believe in freedom and equality for all people. I believe that when it comes to gay marriage, that's a political and legal issue that has to be dealt with in that arena. I have privately held beliefs, but when it comes to that, it's properly placed in the political and legal arena.

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