I would say to a young person: continue to study. Study what is taking place in your community, in your neighborhood, maybe at your school.
JOHN LEWISIt is our responsibility to leave this planet cleaner and greener.
More John Lewis Quotes
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The government, both state and federal, has a duty to be reasonable and accommodating.
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We must continue to go forward as one people, as brothers and sisters.
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You have to go with your gut sometimes, and how you feel.
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When people tell me nothing has changed, I say come walk in my shoes and I will show you change.
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We do not want our freedom gradually, but we want to be free now!
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I believe that you see something that you want to get done, you cannot give up, and you cannot give in.
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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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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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Comics, in a sense, the style, the images – it’s almost like music.
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Peace cannot exist where justice is not served.
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Even in the civil rights movement, there were so many unbelievable women. They never, ever received the credit that they should have received. They did all of the, and I cannot say it, they did all of the dirty work. Hard work.
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Nonviolence is one of those immutable principles that we cannot and must not deviate from.
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The reward for playing jazz is playing jazz.
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Never lose your hope, be optimistic.
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We are one community, one family. Really, we are the American family.
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