You have to be optimistic just in keeping with the philosophy of non-violence.
JOHN LEWISWe will march with the spirit of love and with the spirit of dignity.
More John Lewis Quotes
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Create a society at peace with itself, and lay down the burden of hate and division.
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The vote is the most powerful nonviolent tool we have.
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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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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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We must continue to go forward as one people, as brothers and sisters.
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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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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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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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To divide people based on race, a color, a religion, a sexual orientation, it’s just wrong.
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I believe it is my obligation to tell the story of the civil rights movement to the next generation.
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We are one community, one family. Really, we are the American family.
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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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Too many of us still believe our differences define us.
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Freedom is not a state; it is an act.
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You have to have hope. You have to be optimistic in order to continue to move forward.
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