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Too many of us still believe our differences define us.

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
When people tell me nothing has changed, I say come walk in my shoes and I will show you change.
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Change People Shoes Show Struggle Walk
I don’t have any extraordinary gifts. I’m just an average Joe who grew up very poor in rural Alabama.
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Average Extraordinary Gift Grow Up Poor
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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Black Gorw Up Men Racism Sign White Women
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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Comfortable Future Hope Issue Optimism Spite
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
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
You have to have hope. You have to be optimistic in order to continue to move forward.
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Hope Inspiratioanl Optimism
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?
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Determination Generation Inspirational Leaving Legacy People
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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Justice People Truth Uncomfortable
Rioting is not a movement. It is not an act of civil disobedience.
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Act Civil Movement Obey Riot
Freedom is the continuous action we all must take, and each generation must do its part to create an even more fair, more just society.
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We cannot stop, and we will not and cannot be patient.
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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 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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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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