You have to tell the whole truth, the good and the bad, maybe some things that are uncomfortable for some people.
JOHN LEWISThe lessons of nonviolence are universal.
More John Lewis Quotes
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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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Freedom is not a state; it is an act.
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You have to go with your gut sometimes, and how you feel.
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It’s a shame and a disgrace that so few people take part in the political process.
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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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Following the teaching of Gandhi and Thoreau, Dr. King, it set me on a path. And I never looked back.
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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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You cannot be afraid to speak up and speak out for what you believe. You have to have courage, raw courage.
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Never become bitter, and in the process, be happy and just go for it.
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Sensible people have got to work together.
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We must continue to go forward as one people, as brothers and sisters.
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If you see something that is not right, not fair, not just, you have a moral obligation to do something about it.
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By the force of our demands, our determination, and our numbers, we shall splinter the segregated South into a thousand pieces and put them together in the image of God and democracy
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I say to people today, ‘You must be prepared if you believe in something. If you believe in something, you have to go for it. As individuals, we may not live to see the end.
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We all need to be treated like fellow human beings.
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