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
JOHN LEWISWe cannot stop, and we will not and cannot be patient.
More John Lewis Quotes
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The vote controls everything that you do.
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If you come together with a mission, and it’s grounded with love and a sense of community, you can make the impossible possible.
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There is a need for a movement of non-violent direct action.
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Every single vote is precious.
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I think my whole life has been one of sort of daring, and sort of sailing against the wind instead of just going with the wind.
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Fury spends itself pretty quickly when there’s no fury facing it.
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People will never, ever forget what happened and how it happened, and it is my hope that we are on our way to greater change.
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The scars and stains of racism are still deeply embedded in the society.
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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.
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Some of us gave a little blood for the right to participate in the democratic process.
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We must be headlights and not taillights.
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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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Never become bitter, and in the process, be happy and just go for it.
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Non violence as a way of life, a way of living, not simply as a technique or a tactic.
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We must do the work that justice and equality calls us to do.
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