We cannot afford to regard as normal the presence of injustice, inhumanity, and violence, including their verbal and cyber manifestations. Bernice King Read Quote
With The King Center as her base, my mother pressed on to fulfill a role that changed lives and legislation. She was a woman who refused to surrender the reigns of what she knew to be her assignment, even when male civil rights and business leaders tried to convince her that she should leave the work of building her husband’s legacy to them. Bernice King Read Quote
Consider all of the possibilities for positive global progress if we utilized nonviolence as the central value of our culture, encompassing our law enforcement and labor practices, which currently include people in numerous nations working for inhumane wages in unhealthy conditions. Bernice King Read Quote
King-ian nonviolence is a way of thinking and living and is not confined to the work of social and systemic change. Bernice King Read Quote
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 Read Quote
Choosing nonviolence does not mean that one will never get angry or become upset with others, including the ones we love. Bernice King Read Quote
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 Read Quote
How do we expect change to occur if we are not willing to put on the whole armor of God and fight injustice wherever it raises its ugly head? Bernice King Read Quote
Nonviolence as a lifestyle and perpetual strategy will allow us to be on the offense instead of continually on the defense. We will be able to move the ball down the field with team decisions and playmaking versus constantly thinking about how the opposing forces are moving the ball. Bernice King Read Quote
In my view, it was no accident that Nelson Mandela was chosen by God to lead the people of South Africa. There are very few people who could be imprisoned, kept away from their family and loved ones, and exit that same prison with such a powerful spirit of love and a desire for reconciliation. Bernice King Read Quote
