I would say to a young person: continue to study. Study what is taking place in your community, in your neighborhood, maybe at your school.
JOHN LEWISThere’s nothing wrong with a little agitation for what’s right or what’s fair.
More John Lewis Quotes
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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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To divide people based on race, a color, a religion, a sexual orientation, it’s just wrong.
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Hate is too big a burden to bear.
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There’s nothing wrong with a little agitation for what’s right or what’s fair.
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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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Voting is the most powerful nonviolent tool or instrument that we have in a democratic society. And we must use it.
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Say something. Have the courage. Have the backbone. Get in the way. Walk with the wind. It’s all going to work out.
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I believe it is my obligation to tell the story of the civil rights movement to the next generation.
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Freedom is the continuous action we all must take, and each generation must do its part to create an even more fair, more just society.
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We cannot stop, and we will not and cannot be patient.
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We must do the work that justice and equality calls us to do.
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The reward for playing jazz is playing jazz.
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The vote is the most powerful nonviolent tool we have.
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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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People should organize people to just turn up and participate in the democratic process. Knock on doors.
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