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?
JOHN LEWISYou have to have the capacity and the ability to take what people did, and how they did it, and forgive them and move on.
More John Lewis Quotes
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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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You have to go with your gut sometimes, and how you feel.
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Never become bitter, and in the process, be happy and just go for it.
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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 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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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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We are one community, one family. Really, we are the American family.
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Without our faith, we wouldn’t have been able to succeed.
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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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We may not have chosen the time, but the time has chosen us.
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Create a society at peace with itself, and lay down the burden of hate and division.
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I think all Americans should be hopeful, and try to be optimistic.
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You cannot be at home with something that you feel that is wrong, is not right.
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We need some creative tension; people crying out for the things they want.
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Following the teaching of Gandhi and Thoreau, Dr. King, it set me on a path. And I never looked back.
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