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I think all Americans should be hopeful, and try to be optimistic.

John Lewis

Young people can understand, and must understand, that we had success, we had failures, but we never gave up.
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Failure Give Up Motivational People Success Understand Young
We must be headlights and not taillights.
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Light One Liner Positive
The scars and stains of racism are still deeply embedded in the society.
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Racism Scars Society Stain
I 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.
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Against Dare Life Sail Thinking Wind
Reading the Martin Luther King story, that little comic book, set me on the path that I’m on today.
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Book Comic Reading
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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Democracy Instrument Non Violence Powerful Society Tool Vote
It is our responsibility to leave this planet cleaner and greener.
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Clean Environment Green Leaving Nature Responsiblity
Rosa Parks inspired me to find a way to get in the way, to get in trouble – good trouble, necessary trouble.
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Necessary Trouble
Nonviolence is one of those immutable principles that we cannot and must not deviate from.
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Non Violence Principle
Races don’t fall in love, genders don’t fall in love: Individuals fall in love. We all should be free to marry the person that we love.
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Fall In Love Freedom Individual Love Person Race
It’s a shame and a disgrace that so few people take part in the political process.
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Disgarce People Politics Process Shame
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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Arrive Believe Country Model Right True World
You cannot give up – you have to be persistent and keep pushing, and press on.
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Give Up Motivational Persistence Press Push
When growing up, I saw segregation. I saw racial discrimination. I saw those signs that said white men, colored men. White women, colored women. White waiting. And I didn’t like it.
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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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Hope Inspiratioanl Optimism
Without our faith, we wouldn’t have been able to succeed.
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Faith Inspirational Success

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