Without our faith, we wouldn’t have been able to succeed.
JOHN LEWISI 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.
More John Lewis Quotes
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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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You have to go with your gut sometimes, and how you feel.
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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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Sensible people have got to work together.
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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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We all need to be treated like fellow human beings.
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The vote is the most powerful nonviolent tool we have.
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We must do the work that justice and equality calls us to do.
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Our struggle is a struggle to redeem the soul of America. It’s not a struggle that lasts for a few days, a few weeks, a few months, or a few years. It is the struggle of a lifetime, more than one lifetime.
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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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We built a coalition of conscience, and that we can do it again, and we can go forward, and help redeem the soul of America.
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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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We need some creative tension; people crying out for the things they want.
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Create a society at peace with itself, and lay down the burden of hate and division.
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A democracy cannot thrive where power remains unchecked and justice is reserved for a select few.
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There is a need for a movement of non-violent direct action.
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I say to people today, ‘You must be prepared if you believe in something. If you believe in something, you have to go for it. As individuals, we may not live to see the end.
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It’s a shame and a disgrace that so few people take part in the political process.
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Sometimes I feel like crying, tears of happiness, tears of joy, to see the distance we’ve come and the progress we’ve made.
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Nonviolence is one of those immutable principles that we cannot and must not deviate from.
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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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Every single vote is precious.
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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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The reward for playing jazz is playing jazz.
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I don’t have any extraordinary gifts. I’m just an average Joe who grew up very poor in rural Alabama.
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When you make mistakes, when you’re wrong, you should admit you’re wrong and ask people to forgive you.
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