The lessons of nonviolence are universal.
JOHN LEWISWe cannot stop, and we will not and cannot be patient.
More John Lewis Quotes
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Create a society at peace with itself, and lay down the burden of hate and division.
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We need some creative tension; people crying out for the things they want.
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Freedom is not a state; it is an act.
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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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Sensible people have got to work together.
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The vote controls everything that you do.
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You have to take the long hard look and just believe that if you’re consistent, you will succeed.
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People will never, ever forget what happened and how it happened, and it is my hope that we are on our way to greater change.
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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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Our struggle is not the struggle of a day, a week, a month or a year, it is the struggle of a lifetime.
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Sometimes I feel like crying, tears of happiness, tears of joy, to see the distance we’ve come and the progress we’ve made.
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You cannot be at home with something that you feel that is wrong, is not right.
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Without our faith, we wouldn’t have been able to succeed.
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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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I say from time to time that the vote is precious.
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