We need some creative tension; people crying out for the things they want.
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More John Lewis Quotes
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The vote controls everything that you do.
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Fury spends itself pretty quickly when there’s no fury facing it.
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I truly believe that one day we will get there, we will arrive. And if we do it right in America, maybe, just maybe, we can serve as a model for the rest of the world.
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Say something. Have the courage. Have the backbone. Get in the way. Walk with the wind. It’s all going to work out.
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Even in the civil rights movement, there were so many unbelievable women. They never, ever received the credit that they should have received. They did all of the, and I cannot say it, they did all of the dirty work. Hard work.
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If you see something that is not right, not fair, not just, you have a moral obligation to do something about it.
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You have to tell the whole truth, the good and the bad, maybe some things that are uncomfortable for some people.
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Hate is too big a burden to bear.
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You have to have the capacity and the ability to take what people did, and how they did it, and forgive them and move on.
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If you’re not hopeful and optimistic, then you just give up. You have to take that long hard look and just believe that if your consistent, you will succeed.
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The reward for playing jazz is playing jazz.
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I believe it is my obligation to tell the story of the civil rights movement to the next generation.
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Too many people struggled, suffered, and died to make it possible for every American to exercise their right to vote.
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We are one community, one family. Really, we are the American family.
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Segregation and racial discrimination were not in keeping with our faith, so we had to do something.
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You have to have hope. You have to be optimistic in order to continue to move forward.
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Every single vote is precious.
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Comics, in a sense, the style, the images – it’s almost like music.
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You have to go with your gut sometimes, and how you feel.
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We all need to be treated like fellow human beings.
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There’s nothing wrong with a little agitation for what’s right or what’s fair.
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Freedom is the continuous action we all must take, and each generation must do its part to create an even more fair, more just society.
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You have to be optimistic just in keeping with the philosophy of non-violence.
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When you see something that is not right, not fair, not just, you have to speak up. You have to say something; you have to do something.
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We do not want our freedom gradually, but we want to be free now!
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Some of us gave a little blood for the right to participate in the democratic process.
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