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Peace cannot exist where justice is not served.

John Lewis

It is my hope that people today will see that, in another time, in another period, when we saw the need for people to speak up, to organize, to mobilize, and to do something about injustice, we came together.
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Come Hope Injustice Mobilize Need People Speak Time Togetherness Unity
When people tell me nothing has changed, I say come walk in my shoes and I will show you change.
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Change People Shoes Show Struggle Walk
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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Cry Distance Emotional Feeling Happiness Progress
It is our responsibility to leave this planet cleaner and greener.
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Clean Environment Green Leaving Nature Responsiblity
When you make mistakes, when you’re wrong, you should admit you’re wrong and ask people to forgive you.
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Admit Forgiveness Mistake People Wrong
We do not want our freedom gradually, but we want to be free now!
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Freedom Racism Want
Freedom is not a state; it is an act.
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Act Change Freedom Future One Liner State
Never lose your hope, be optimistic.
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Hope Lose One Liner Optimism
There’s nothing wrong with a little agitation for what’s right or what’s fair.
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Active Justice Right
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.
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Despair Faith Give Up Lost Progress Push Sea Work Hard
There is a need for a movement of non-violent direct action.
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Action Movement Need Non Violence
Following the teaching of Gandhi and Thoreau, Dr. King, it set me on a path. And I never looked back.
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Path Teaching
Fury spends itself pretty quickly when there’s no fury facing it.
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Fury Pretty Quick
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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Against Dare Life Sail Thinking Wind
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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The government, both state and federal, has a duty to be reasonable and accommodating.
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