You have to take the long hard look and just believe that if you’re consistent, you will succeed.
JOHN LEWISPeople 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.
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I believe in freedom of speech, but I also believe that we have an obligation to condemn speech that is racist, bigoted, anti-Semitic, or hateful.
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The lessons of nonviolence are universal.
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We cannot stop, and we will not and cannot be patient.
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You have to have hope. You have to be optimistic in order to continue to move forward.
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Peace cannot exist where justice is not served.
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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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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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I say from time to time that the vote is precious.
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Rosa Parks inspired me to find a way to get in the way, to get in trouble – good trouble, necessary trouble.
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Hate is too big a burden to bear.
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You have to go with your gut sometimes, and how you feel.
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Too many of us still believe our differences define us.
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It is our responsibility to leave this planet cleaner and greener.
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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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Following the teaching of Gandhi and Thoreau, Dr. King, it set me on a path. And I never looked back.
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