Every single vote is precious.
JOHN LEWISThe reward for playing jazz is playing jazz.
More John Lewis Quotes
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There’s nothing wrong with a little agitation for what’s right or what’s fair.
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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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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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You cannot give up – you have to be persistent and keep pushing, and press on.
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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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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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You have to have hope. You have to be optimistic in order to continue to move forward.
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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 will march with the spirit of love and with the spirit of dignity.
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Peace cannot exist where justice is not served.
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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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Nonviolence is one of those immutable principles that we cannot and must not deviate from.
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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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We built a coalition of conscience, and that we can do it again, and we can go forward, and help redeem the soul of America.
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We are one community, one family. Really, we are the American family.
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