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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.

John Lewis

I don’t have any extraordinary gifts. I’m just an average Joe who grew up very poor in rural Alabama.
JOHN LEWIS

Average Extraordinary Gift Grow Up Poor
When growing up, I saw segregation. I saw racial discrimination. I saw those signs that said white men, colored men. White women, colored women. White waiting. And I didn’t like it.
JOHN LEWIS

Black Gorw Up Men Racism Sign White Women
There should be a graphic novel dealing with the contribution of the women of the civil rights movement, to tell their story.
JOHN LEWIS

Civil Contribution Deal Movement Rights Story Women Women Empowerment
When you make mistakes, when you’re wrong, you should admit you’re wrong and ask people to forgive you.
JOHN LEWIS

Admit Forgiveness Mistake People Wrong
We must be headlights and not taillights.
JOHN LEWIS

Light One Liner Positive
Without our faith, we wouldn’t have been able to succeed.
JOHN LEWIS

Faith Inspirational Success
Rioting is not a movement. It is not an act of civil disobedience.
JOHN LEWIS

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Reading the Martin Luther King story, that little comic book, set me on the path that I’m on today.
JOHN LEWIS

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We never gave up. We didn’t get lost in a sea of despair. We kept the faith. We kept pushing and pulling. We kept marching. And we made some progress.
JOHN LEWIS

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You have to have hope. You have to be optimistic in order to continue to move forward.
JOHN LEWIS

Hope Inspiratioanl Optimism
Voting is the most powerful nonviolent tool or instrument that we have in a democratic society. And we must use it.
JOHN LEWIS

Democracy Instrument Non Violence Powerful Society Tool Vote
We are one community, one family. Really, we are the American family.
JOHN LEWIS

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I believe that you see something that you want to get done, you cannot give up, and you cannot give in.
JOHN LEWIS

Believe Done Give Up Inspirational Want
Some of us gave a little blood for the right to participate in the democratic process.
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Young people can understand, and must understand, that we had success, we had failures, but we never gave up.
JOHN LEWIS

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Give us a vote! Let us vote! We came here to do our job. We came here to work.
JOHN LEWIS

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