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Fury spends itself pretty quickly when there’s no fury facing it.

John Lewis

You have to tell the whole truth, the good and the bad, maybe some things that are uncomfortable for some people.
JOHN LEWIS

Justice People Truth Uncomfortable
You cannot give up – you have to be persistent and keep pushing, and press on.
JOHN LEWIS

Give Up Motivational Persistence Press Push
Too many people struggled, suffered, and died to make it possible for every American to exercise their right to vote.
JOHN LEWIS

Country Exercise Possible Struggle Suffering Vote
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.
JOHN LEWIS

Build Conscience Country Soul
There’s nothing wrong with a little agitation for what’s right or what’s fair.
JOHN LEWIS

Active Justice Right
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.
JOHN LEWIS

Despair Faith Give Up Lost Progress Push Sea Work Hard
We need some creative tension; people crying out for the things they want.
JOHN LEWIS

Black Lives Matter Creative Cry People Racism
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.
JOHN LEWIS

Care Health Privilege Right Stand
In spite of all of the things, the issues, that we may be confronting today, I’m very hopeful, very optimistic about the future.
JOHN LEWIS

Comfortable Future Hope Issue Optimism Spite
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.
JOHN LEWIS

Equality Justice Truth
There should be a graphic novel dealing with the contribution of the women of the civil rights movement, to tell their story.
JOHN LEWIS

Civil Contribution Deal Movement Rights Story Women Women Empowerment
Freedom is not a state; it is an act.
JOHN LEWIS

Act Change Freedom Future One Liner State
We do not want our freedom gradually, but we want to be free now!
JOHN LEWIS

Freedom Racism Want
You have to take the long hard look and just believe that if you’re consistent, you will succeed.
JOHN LEWIS

Believe Consistence Hard Justice Motivational Success
The lessons of nonviolence are universal.
JOHN LEWIS

Lesson Non Violence One Liner Universal
Reading the Martin Luther King story, that little comic book, set me on the path that I’m on today.
JOHN LEWIS

Book Comic Reading

Fury spends itself pretty quickly when there’s no fury facing it.

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