There’s nothing wrong with a little agitation for what’s right or what’s fair.
JOHN LEWISThe reward for playing jazz is playing jazz.
More John Lewis Quotes
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Peace cannot exist where justice is not served.
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Segregation and racial discrimination were not in keeping with our faith, so we had to do something.
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You have to take the long hard look and just believe that if you’re consistent, you will succeed.
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The government, both state and federal, has a duty to be reasonable and accommodating.
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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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I met Rosa Parks when I was 17. I met Dr. [Martin Luther] King when I was 18. These two individuals inspired me to find a way to get in the way, to get in trouble. So I got in good trouble, necessary trouble.
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Without prayer, without faith in the Almighty, the civil rights movement would have been like a bird without wings.
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People must understand that people were beaten, arrested, jailed, and some people were murdered, while attempting to register to vote, or to get others to register to vote.
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We cannot stop, and we will not and cannot be patient.
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We may not have chosen the time, but the time has chosen us.
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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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You have to have the capacity and the ability to take what people did, and how they did it, and forgive them and move on.
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Races don’t fall in love, genders don’t fall in love: Individuals fall in love. We all should be free to marry the person that we love.
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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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Young people can understand, and must understand, that we had success, we had failures, but we never gave up.
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Music is a universal language.
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I believe that teachers – whether in elementary schools, at the secondary level, or at colleges and universities – every teacher deserves the Nobel Peace Prize just for maintaining order in our schools!
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You have to go with your gut sometimes, and how you feel.
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Every generation leaves behind a legacy. What that legacy will be is determined by the people of that generation. What legacy do you want to leave behind?
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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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We must do the work that justice and equality calls us to do.
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Never become bitter, and in the process, be happy and just go for it.
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When you see something that is not right, not fair, not just, you have to speak up. You have to say something; you have to do something.
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Sensible people have got to work together.
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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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A democracy cannot thrive where power remains unchecked and justice is reserved for a select few.
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