We never gave up. We didn’t get lost in a sea of despair. We kept the faith. We kept pushing and pulling. We kept marching. And we made some progress.
JOHN LEWISGive us a vote! Let us vote! We came here to do our job. We came here to work.
More John Lewis Quotes
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I don’t have any extraordinary gifts. I’m just an average Joe who grew up very poor in rural Alabama.
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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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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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I think my whole life has been one of sort of daring, and sort of sailing against the wind instead of just going with the wind.
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I say from time to time that the vote is precious.
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We do not want our freedom gradually, but we want to be free now!
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We must be headlights and not taillights.
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To divide people based on race, a color, a religion, a sexual orientation, it’s just wrong.
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You have to be optimistic just in keeping with the philosophy of non-violence.
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The vote is the most powerful nonviolent tool we have.
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Hate is too big a burden to bear.
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Our struggle is a struggle to redeem the soul of America. It’s not a struggle that lasts for a few days, a few weeks, a few months, or a few years. It is the struggle of a lifetime, more than one lifetime.
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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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Too many of us still believe our differences define us.
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I think all Americans should be hopeful, and try to be optimistic.
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