You cannot be afraid to speak up and speak out for what you believe. You have to have courage, raw courage.
JOHN LEWISYoung people can understand, and must understand, that we had success, we had failures, but we never gave up.
More John Lewis Quotes
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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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You cannot be at home with something that you feel that is wrong, is not right.
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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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We need some creative tension; people crying out for the things they want.
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We do not want our freedom gradually, but we want to be free now!
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Rioting is not a movement. It is not an act of civil disobedience.
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Every single vote is precious.
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There should be a graphic novel dealing with the contribution of the women of the civil rights movement, to tell their story.
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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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We are one community, one family. Really, we are the American family.
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We must do the work that justice and equality calls us to do.
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The government, both state and federal, has a duty to be reasonable and accommodating.
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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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Non violence as a way of life, a way of living, not simply as a technique or a tactic.
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Music is a universal language.
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