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Freedom is not a state; it is an act.

John Lewis

We do not want our freedom gradually, but we want to be free now!
JOHN LEWIS

Freedom Racism Want
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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Justice People Truth Uncomfortable
Sensible people have got to work together.
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One Liner People Sensible Togetherness Work
We will march with the spirit of love and with the spirit of dignity.
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Dignity Love Spirit
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
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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Come Hope Injustice Mobilize Need People Speak Time Togetherness Unity
Following the teaching of Gandhi and Thoreau, Dr. King, it set me on a path. And I never looked back.
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Path Teaching
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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Justice Moral Obligation Right
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
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
The reward for playing jazz is playing jazz.
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Music Play Reward
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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Individual Trouble
You have to be optimistic in order to continue to move forward.
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Justice Move On Optimism
It is our responsibility to leave this planet cleaner and greener.
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Clean Environment Green Leaving Nature Responsiblity
There’s nothing wrong with a little agitation for what’s right or what’s fair.
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Active Justice Right
We must do the work that justice and equality calls us to do.
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Call Equality Justice Work

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