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Nonviolence is one of those immutable principles that we cannot and must not deviate from.

John Lewis

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.
JOHN LEWIS

Black Gorw Up Men Racism Sign White Women
We do not want our freedom gradually, but we want to be free now!
JOHN LEWIS

Freedom Racism Want
If you come together with a mission, and it’s grounded with love and a sense of community, you can make the impossible possible.
JOHN LEWIS

Community Impossible Possible Sense Team Work Togetherness Unity
Segregation and racial discrimination were not in keeping with our faith, so we had to do something.
JOHN LEWIS

Faith Justice Racism
You must be bold, brave, and courageous and find a way to get in the way.
JOHN LEWIS

Bold Brave Courage Finding Justice
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.
JOHN LEWIS

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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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We must be headlights and not taillights.
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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.
JOHN LEWIS

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It is my hope that people today will see that, in another time, in another period, when we saw the need for people to speak up, to organize, to mobilize, and to do something about injustice, we came together.
JOHN LEWIS

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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.
JOHN LEWIS

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We cannot stop, and we will not and cannot be patient.
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Hate is too big a burden to bear.
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Without our faith, we wouldn’t have been able to succeed.
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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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Rioting is not a movement. It is not an act of civil disobedience.
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