Even in the civil rights movement, there were so many unbelievable women. They never, ever received the credit that they should have received. They did all of the, and I cannot say it, they did all of the dirty work. Hard work.
JOHN LEWISNonviolence is one of those immutable principles that we cannot and must not deviate from.
More John Lewis Quotes
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We do not want our freedom gradually, but we want to be free now!
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Too many of us still believe our differences define us.
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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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If you see something that is not right, not fair, not just, you have a moral obligation to do something about it.
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Reading the Martin Luther King story, that little comic book, set me on the path that I’m on today.
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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.
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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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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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Every single vote is precious.
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We may not have chosen the time, but the time has chosen us.
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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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Some of us gave a little blood for the right to participate in the democratic process.
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We all need to be treated like fellow human beings.
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Comics, in a sense, the style, the images – it’s almost like music.
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Sensible people have got to work together.
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