I am very, very hopeful about the American South - I believe that we will lead America to what Dr. King called… — John Lewis Copy Share Image
If each of us works toward making a sincere effort when we wake up each morning with a renewed commitment and dedication… — Bernice King Copy Share Image
We have come a long way in America because of Martin Luther King, Jr. He led a disciplined, nonviolent revolution under the… — John Lewis Copy Share Image
There is an elementary aspiration which undergirds the humane impulse in our history and our culture and binds us together as political… — Paul Wellstone Copy Share Image
The end of violence or the aftermath of violence is bitterness. The aftermath of nonviolence is reconciliation and the creation of a… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
“Lord, you call us out of captivity into the freedom of your beloved community. As we pass through the wilderness spaces of… — Shane Claiborne Copy Share Image
A second basic fact that characterizes nonviolence is that it does not seek to defeat or humiliate the opponent, but to win… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
Beloved community is formed not by the eradication of difference but by its affirmation, by each of us claiming the identities and… — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
Love is creative and redemptive. Love builds up and unites; hate tears down and destroys. The aftermath of the ‘fight with fire’… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
The larger your beloved community, the more you can accomplish in the world. — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
We are living in an historic moment. We are each called to take part in a great transformation. Our survival as a… — Desmond Tutu Copy Share Image
A good mother remembers to serve fruit at breakfast, is always cheerful and never yells, manages not to project her own neuroses… — Ayelet Waldman Copy Share Image
The way of acquiescence leads to moral and spiritual suicide. The way of violence leads to bitterness in the survivors and brutality… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
We are one people; we are only family. And when we finally accept these truths, then we will be able to fulfill… — John Lewis Copy Share Image
“The fact that we fail at seeing these things, that our interpretations may perpetrate violence against a text, and so on, is… — Tiffany Eberle Kriner Copy Share Image
For a community to progress in unity, transform unjust systems, and metamorphose into a beloved community, it must not ignore the needs… — Al N. Green Copy Share Image
I am concerned that there are some feelings in some quarters in some corners that, what do people of color want now?… — John Lewis Copy Share Image
If we want a beloved community, we must stand for justice, have recognition for difference without attaching difference to privilege. — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
Our goal is to create a beloved community," said Dr. King, "and this will require a qualitative change in our souls as… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
Only when each of us practices the live and help live philosophy can we transform unjust systems into a beloved community. — Al N. Green Copy Share Image
“Democracy is not simply a license to indulge individual whims and proclivities. It is also holding oneself accountable to some reasonable degree… — Aberjhani Copy Share Image
Resistance and nonviolence are not in themselves good. There is another element that must be present in our struggle that then makes… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
