Say something. Have the courage. Have the backbone. Get in the way. Walk with the wind. It’s all going to work out.
JOHN LEWISFreedom is not a state; it is an act.
More John Lewis Quotes
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The reward for playing jazz is playing jazz.
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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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The scars and stains of racism are still deeply embedded in the society.
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Without our faith, we wouldn’t have been able to succeed.
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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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You have to take the long hard look and just believe that if you’re consistent, you will succeed.
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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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Create a society at peace with itself, and lay down the burden of hate and division.
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We must do the work that justice and equality calls us to do.
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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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We need some creative tension; people crying out for the things they want.
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By the force of our demands, our determination, and our numbers, we shall splinter the segregated South into a thousand pieces and put them together in the image of God and democracy
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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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You have to tell the whole truth, the good and the bad, maybe some things that are uncomfortable for some people.
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Freedom is not a state; it is an act.
JOHN LEWIS