If you come together with a mission, and it’s grounded with love and a sense of community, you can make the impossible possible.
JOHN LEWISWhen people tell me nothing has changed, I say come walk in my shoes and I will show you change.
More John Lewis Quotes
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Reading the Martin Luther King story, that little comic book, set me on the path that I’m on today.
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Say something. Have the courage. Have the backbone. Get in the way. Walk with the wind. It’s all going to work out.
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Young people can understand, and must understand, that we had success, we had failures, but we never gave up.
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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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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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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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The vote is the most powerful nonviolent tool we have.
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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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Freedom is the continuous action we all must take, and each generation must do its part to create an even more fair, more just society.
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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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Hate is too big a burden to bear.
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Voting is the most powerful nonviolent tool or instrument that we have in a democratic society. And we must use it.
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Never become bitter, and in the process, be happy and just go for it.
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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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Peace cannot exist where justice is not served.
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