People should organize people to just turn up and participate in the democratic process. Knock on doors.
JOHN LEWISI don’t have any extraordinary gifts. I’m just an average Joe who grew up very poor in rural Alabama.
More John Lewis Quotes
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Not one of us can rest, be happy, be at home, be at peace with ourselves until we end hatred and division.
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I believe that you see something that you want to get done, you cannot give up, and you cannot give in.
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Comics, in a sense, the style, the images – it’s almost like music.
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Music is a universal language.
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We may not have chosen the time, but the time has chosen us.
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There’s nothing wrong with a little agitation for what’s right or what’s fair.
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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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I believe that teachers – whether in elementary schools, at the secondary level, or at colleges and universities – every teacher deserves the Nobel Peace Prize just for maintaining order in our schools!
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Sensible people have got to work together.
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If you come together with a mission, and it’s grounded with love and a sense of community, you can make the impossible possible.
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You must be bold, brave, and courageous and find a way to get in the way.
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When people tell me nothing has changed, I say come walk in my shoes and I will show you change.
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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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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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You have to be optimistic just in keeping with the philosophy of non-violence.
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