We will march with the spirit of love and with the spirit of dignity.
JOHN LEWISWithout our faith, we wouldn’t have been able to succeed.
More John Lewis Quotes
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I believe it is my obligation to tell the story of the civil rights movement to the next generation.
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Nonviolence is one of those immutable principles that we cannot and must not deviate from.
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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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There is a need for a movement of non-violent direct action.
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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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You have to have hope. You have to be optimistic in order to continue to move forward.
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Freedom is not a state; it is an act.
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I truly believe that one day we will get there, we will arrive. And if we do it right in America, maybe, just maybe, we can serve as a model for the rest of the world.
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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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Every single vote is precious.
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You cannot give up – you have to be persistent and keep pushing, and press on.
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The vote controls everything that you do.
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Too many people struggled, suffered, and died to make it possible for every American to exercise their right to vote.
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It is our responsibility to leave this planet cleaner and greener.
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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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