I believe it is my obligation to tell the story of the civil rights movement to the next generation.
JOHN LEWISWe may not have chosen the time, but the time has chosen us.
More John Lewis Quotes
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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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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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The vote is the most powerful nonviolent tool we have.
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Our struggle is a struggle to redeem the soul of America. It’s not a struggle that lasts for a few days, a few weeks, a few months, or a few years. It is the struggle of a lifetime, more than one lifetime.
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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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Every generation leaves behind a legacy. What that legacy will be is determined by the people of that generation. What legacy do you want to leave behind?
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We cannot stop, and we will not and cannot be patient.
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We are one community, one family. Really, we are the American family.
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We will march with the spirit of love and with the spirit of dignity.
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We need some creative tension; people crying out for the things they want.
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There should be a graphic novel dealing with the contribution of the women of the civil rights movement, to tell their story.
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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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You have to have the capacity and the ability to take what people did, and how they did it, and forgive them and move on.
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We all need to be treated like fellow human beings.
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Freedom is not a state; it is an act.
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