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I say from time to time that the vote is precious.

John Lewis

Young people can understand, and must understand, that we had success, we had failures, but we never gave up.
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Failure Give Up Motivational People Success Understand Young
Segregation and racial discrimination were not in keeping with our faith, so we had to do something.
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Faith Justice Racism
There’s nothing wrong with a little agitation for what’s right or what’s fair.
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Active Justice Right
Never lose your hope, be optimistic.
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Hope Lose One Liner Optimism
Hate is too big a burden to bear.
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Black Lives Matter Burdem Hate
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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Equality Justice Truth
Our struggle is not the struggle of a day, a week, a month or a year, it is the struggle of a lifetime.
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Lifetime Struggle
We need someone who will stand up and speak up and speak out for the people who need help, for people who are being discriminated against.
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Help Justice Need People Speak
Voting is the most powerful nonviolent tool or instrument that we have in a democratic society. And we must use it.
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Democracy Instrument Non Violence Powerful Society Tool Vote
You have to be optimistic in order to continue to move forward.
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Justice Move On Optimism
To divide people based on race, a color, a religion, a sexual orientation, it’s just wrong.
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Black Lives Matter Colour Divide Orientation People Race Religion Wrong
Rosa Parks inspired me to find a way to get in the way, to get in trouble – good trouble, necessary trouble.
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Necessary Trouble
To make it hard, to make it difficult almost impossible for people to cast a vote is not in keeping with the democratic process.
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Democracy Difficult Hard Impossible People Process Vote
You cannot give up – you have to be persistent and keep pushing, and press on.
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Give Up Motivational Persistence Press Push
We must do the work that justice and equality calls us to do.
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Call Equality Justice Work
Comics, in a sense, the style, the images – it’s almost like music.
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Comix Music Sense Style

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