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

John Lewis

Not one of us can rest, be happy, be at home, be at peace with ourselves until we end hatred and division.
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Division Happiness Hatred Home Ourselves Peace
To make it hard, to make it difficult almost impossible for people to cast a vote is not in keeping with the democratic process.
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Democracy Difficult Hard Impossible People Process Vote
We never gave up. We didn’t get lost in a sea of despair. We kept the faith. We kept pushing and pulling. We kept marching. And we made some progress.
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Despair Faith Give Up Lost Progress Push Sea Work Hard
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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Civil Credit Dirty Movement Receive Rights Unbelievable Women Work Hard
You have to be optimistic in order to continue to move forward.
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A democracy cannot thrive where power remains unchecked and justice is reserved for a select few.
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The lessons of nonviolence are universal.
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Lesson Non Violence One Liner Universal
To divide people based on race, a color, a religion, a sexual orientation, it’s just wrong.
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Black Lives Matter Colour Divide Orientation People Race Religion Wrong
Following the teaching of Gandhi and Thoreau, Dr. King, it set me on a path. And I never looked back.
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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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I believe that you see something that you want to get done, you cannot give up, and you cannot give in.
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Believe Done Give Up Inspirational Want
Non violence as a way of life, a way of living, not simply as a technique or a tactic.
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The government, both state and federal, has a duty to be reasonable and accommodating.
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I think all Americans should be hopeful, and try to be optimistic.
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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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Freedom is not a state; it is an act.
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