We do not want our freedom gradually, but we want to be free now!
JOHN LEWISI think all Americans should be hopeful, and try to be optimistic.
More John Lewis Quotes
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We built a coalition of conscience, and that we can do it again, and we can go forward, and help redeem the soul of America.
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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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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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We need some creative tension; people crying out for the things they want.
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I would say to a young person: continue to study. Study what is taking place in your community, in your neighborhood, maybe at your school.
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Comics, in a sense, the style, the images – it’s almost like music.
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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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In spite of all of the things, the issues, that we may be confronting today, I’m very hopeful, very optimistic about the future.
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There should be a graphic novel dealing with the contribution of the women of the civil rights movement, to tell their story.
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Never lose your hope, be optimistic.
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The vote controls everything that you do.
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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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The vote is the most powerful nonviolent tool we have.
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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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We need someone who will stand up and speak up and speak out for the people who need help, for people who are being discriminated against.
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We must be headlights and not taillights.
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The government, both state and federal, has a duty to be reasonable and accommodating.
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We must continue to go forward as one people, as brothers and sisters.
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You cannot give up – you have to be persistent and keep pushing, and press on.
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It is my hope that people today will see that, in another time, in another period, when we saw the need for people to speak up, to organize, to mobilize, and to do something about injustice, we came together.
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When you make mistakes, when you’re wrong, you should admit you’re wrong and ask people to forgive you.
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It is our responsibility to leave this planet cleaner and greener.
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People must understand that people were beaten, arrested, jailed, and some people were murdered, while attempting to register to vote, or to get others to register to vote.
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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 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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We will stand up for what is right, for what is fair and what is just. Health care is a right and not a privilege.
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