Without our faith, we wouldn’t have been able to succeed.
JOHN LEWISFreedom is the continuous action we all must take, and each generation must do its part to create an even more fair, more just society.
More John Lewis Quotes
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Fury spends itself pretty quickly when there’s no fury facing it.
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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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Peace cannot exist where justice is not served.
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When people tell me nothing has changed, I say come walk in my shoes and I will show you change.
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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 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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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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Hate is too big a burden to bear.
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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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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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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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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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We need someone who will stand up and speak up and speak out for the people who need help, for people who are being discriminated against.
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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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The vote is the most powerful nonviolent tool we have.
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