Fury spends itself pretty quickly when there’s no fury facing it.
JOHN LEWISI think my whole life has been one of sort of daring, and sort of sailing against the wind instead of just going with the wind.
More John Lewis Quotes
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Every generation leaves behind a legacy. What that legacy will be is determined by the people of that generation. What legacy do you want to leave behind?
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We all need to be treated like fellow human beings.
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Without our faith, we wouldn’t have been able to succeed.
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I met Rosa Parks when I was 17. I met Dr. [Martin Luther] King when I was 18. These two individuals inspired me to find a way to get in the way, to get in trouble. So I got in good trouble, necessary trouble.
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We do not want our freedom gradually, but we want to be free now!
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You cannot be afraid to speak up and speak out for what you believe. You have to have courage, raw courage.
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By the force of our demands, our determination, and our numbers, we shall splinter the segregated South into a thousand pieces and put them together in the image of God and democracy
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Voting is the most powerful nonviolent tool or instrument that we have in a democratic society. And we must use it.
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Sensible people have got to work together.
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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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We must be headlights and not taillights.
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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 be optimistic in order to continue to move forward.
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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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We must continue to go forward as one people, as brothers and sisters.
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Rioting is not a movement. It is not an act of civil disobedience.
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If you come together with a mission, and it’s grounded with love and a sense of community, you can make the impossible possible.
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Our struggle is a struggle to redeem the soul of America. It’s not a struggle that lasts for a few days, a few weeks, a few months, or a few years. It is the struggle of a lifetime, more than one lifetime.
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People should organize people to just turn up and participate in the democratic process. Knock on doors.
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I don’t have any extraordinary gifts. I’m just an average Joe who grew up very poor in rural Alabama.
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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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It’s a shame and a disgrace that so few people take part in the political process.
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We cannot stop, and we will not and cannot be patient.
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You have to be optimistic just in keeping with the philosophy of non-violence.
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To divide people based on race, a color, a religion, a sexual orientation, it’s just wrong.
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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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