Segregation and racial discrimination were not in keeping with our faith, so we had to do something.
JOHN LEWISWithout our faith, we wouldn’t have been able to succeed.
More John Lewis Quotes
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We must be headlights and not taillights.
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The vote is the most powerful nonviolent tool we have.
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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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Reading the Martin Luther King story, that little comic book, set me on the path that I’m on today.
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Nonviolence is one of those immutable principles that we cannot and must not deviate from.
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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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Sensible people have got to work together.
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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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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.
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Freedom is the continuous action we all must take, and each generation must do its part to create an even more fair, more just society.
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We will march with the spirit of love and with the spirit of dignity.
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You have to be optimistic just in keeping with the philosophy of non-violence.
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We must do the work that justice and equality calls us to do.
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Hate is too big a burden to bear.
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There’s nothing wrong with a little agitation for what’s right or what’s fair.
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