I believe it is my obligation to tell the story of the civil rights movement to the next generation.
JOHN LEWISOur struggle is not the struggle of a day, a week, a month or a year, it is the struggle of a lifetime.
More John Lewis Quotes
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You have to be optimistic in order to continue to move forward.
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The vote controls everything that you do.
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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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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.
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You cannot be at home with something that you feel that is wrong, is not right.
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We need some creative tension; people crying out for the things they want.
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People will never, ever forget what happened and how it happened, and it is my hope that we are on our way to greater 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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Some of us gave a little blood for the right to participate in the democratic process.
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If you see something that is not right, not fair, not just, you have a moral obligation to do something about it.
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You have to go with your gut sometimes, and how you feel.
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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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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.
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The vote is the most powerful nonviolent tool we have.
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In spite of all of the things, the issues, that we may be confronting today, I’m very hopeful, very optimistic about the future.
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