I think all Americans should be hopeful, and try to be optimistic.
JOHN LEWISYou have to be optimistic just in keeping with the philosophy of non-violence.
More John Lewis Quotes
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I met Rosa Parks when I was 17. I met Dr. [Martin Luther] King when I was 18. These two individuals inspired me to find a way to get in the way, to get in trouble. So I got in good trouble, necessary trouble.
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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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Young people can understand, and must understand, that we had success, we had failures, but we never gave up.
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It’s a shame and a disgrace that so few people take part in the political process.
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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.
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We need some creative tension; people crying out for the things they want.
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Rioting is not a movement. It is not an act of civil disobedience.
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You cannot be afraid to speak up and speak out for what you believe. You have to have courage, raw courage.
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Nonviolence is one of those immutable principles that we cannot and must not deviate from.
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You have to be optimistic in order to continue to move forward.
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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.
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The government, both state and federal, has a duty to be reasonable and accommodating.
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The reward for playing jazz is playing jazz.
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We may not have chosen the time, but the time has chosen us.
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Never become bitter, and in the process, be happy and just go for it.
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Fury spends itself pretty quickly when there’s no fury facing it.
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We do not want our freedom gradually, but we want to be free now!
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Sometimes I feel like crying, tears of happiness, tears of joy, to see the distance we’ve come and the progress we’ve made.
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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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Every generation leaves behind a legacy. What that legacy will be is determined by the people of that generation. What legacy do you want to leave behind?
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Every single vote is precious.
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The vote controls everything that you do.
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I say from time to time that the vote is precious.
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The scars and stains of racism are still deeply embedded in the society.
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You have to be optimistic just in keeping with the philosophy of non-violence.
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Too many people struggled, suffered, and died to make it possible for every American to exercise their right to vote.
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