We are one community, one family. Really, we are the American family.
JOHN LEWISSensible people have got to work together.
More John Lewis Quotes
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When you see something that is not right, not fair, not just, you have to speak up. You have to say something; you have to do something.
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Never lose your hope, be optimistic.
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By the force of our demands, our determination, and our numbers, we shall splinter the segregated South into a thousand pieces and put them together in the image of God and democracy
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Our struggle is a struggle to redeem the soul of America. It’s not a struggle that lasts for a few days, a few weeks, a few months, or a few years. It is the struggle of a lifetime, more than one lifetime.
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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 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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You have to go with your gut sometimes, and how you feel.
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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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Create a society at peace with itself, and lay down the burden of hate and division.
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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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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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I believe it is my obligation to tell the story of the civil rights movement to the next generation.
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You have to be optimistic just in keeping with the philosophy of non-violence.
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You must be bold, brave, and courageous and find a way to get in the way.
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We must continue to go forward as one people, as brothers and sisters.
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