The vote controls everything that you do.
JOHN LEWISI 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.
More John Lewis Quotes
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I believe in freedom of speech, but I also believe that we have an obligation to condemn speech that is racist, bigoted, anti-Semitic, or hateful.
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To divide people based on race, a color, a religion, a sexual orientation, it’s just wrong.
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The government, both state and federal, has a duty to be reasonable and accommodating.
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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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I believe that teachers – whether in elementary schools, at the secondary level, or at colleges and universities – every teacher deserves the Nobel Peace Prize just for maintaining order in our schools!
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People will never, ever forget what happened and how it happened, and it is my hope that we are on our way to greater change.
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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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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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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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It is our responsibility to leave this planet cleaner and greener.
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Not one of us can rest, be happy, be at home, be at peace with ourselves until we end hatred and division.
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I think my whole life has been one of sort of daring, and sort of sailing against the wind instead of just going with the wind.
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It is my hope that people today will see that, in another time, in another period, when we saw the need for people to speak up, to organize, to mobilize, and to do something about injustice, we came together.
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Every single vote is precious.
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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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In spite of all of the things, the issues, that we may be confronting today, I’m very hopeful, very optimistic about the future.
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When growing up, I saw segregation. I saw racial discrimination. I saw those signs that said white men, colored men. White women, colored women. White waiting. And I didn’t like it.
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We must continue to go forward as one people, as brothers and sisters.
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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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You have to go with your gut sometimes, and how you feel.
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Without our faith, we wouldn’t have been able to succeed.
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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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Give us a vote! Let us vote! We came here to do our job. We came here to work.
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I met Rosa Parks when I was 17. I met Dr. [Martin Luther] King when I was 18. These two individuals inspired me to find a way to get in the way, to get in trouble. So I got in good trouble, necessary trouble.
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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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Rioting is not a movement. It is not an act of civil disobedience.
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