Too many people struggled, suffered, and died to make it possible for every American to exercise their right to vote.
JOHN LEWIS
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?
More John Lewis Quotes
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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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Some of us gave a little blood for the right to participate in the democratic process.
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The vote controls everything that you do.
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The government, both state and federal, has a duty to be reasonable and accommodating.
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The reward for playing jazz is playing jazz.
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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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Without our faith, we wouldn’t have been able to succeed.
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I think all Americans should be hopeful, and try to be optimistic.
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Following the teaching of Gandhi and Thoreau, Dr. King, it set me on a path. And I never looked back.
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Too many of us still believe our differences define us.
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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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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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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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Races don’t fall in love, genders don’t fall in love: Individuals fall in love. We all should be free to marry the person that we love.
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Peace cannot exist where justice is not served.
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