Too many people struggled, suffered, and died to make it possible for every American to exercise their right to vote.
JOHN LEWISFollowing the teaching of Gandhi and Thoreau, Dr. King, it set me on a path. And I never looked back.
More John Lewis Quotes
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Freedom is not a state; it is an act.
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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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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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To divide people based on race, a color, a religion, a sexual orientation, it’s just wrong.
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Never become bitter, and in the process, be happy and just go for it.
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The reward for playing jazz is playing jazz.
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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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People will never, ever forget what happened and how it happened, and it is my hope that we are on our way to greater change.
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A democracy cannot thrive where power remains unchecked and justice is reserved for a select few.
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Too many of us still believe our differences define us.
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I say to people today, ‘You must be prepared if you believe in something. If you believe in something, you have to go for it. As individuals, we may not live to see the end.
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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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Young people can understand, and must understand, that we had success, we had failures, but we never gave up.
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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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Don’t give up! Don’t give in! Keep the faith! And keep your eyes on the prize!
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