Never lose your hope, be optimistic.
JOHN LEWISIt 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.
More John Lewis Quotes
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People should organize people to just turn up and participate in the democratic process. Knock on doors.
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We will stand up for what is right, for what is fair and what is just. Health care is a right and not a privilege.
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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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Rosa Parks inspired me to find a way to get in the way, to get in trouble – good trouble, necessary trouble.
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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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Every single vote is precious.
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Without prayer, without faith in the Almighty, the civil rights movement would have been like a bird without wings.
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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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When you make mistakes, when you’re wrong, you should admit you’re wrong and ask people to forgive you.
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Young people can understand, and must understand, that we had success, we had failures, but we never gave up.
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There should be a graphic novel dealing with the contribution of the women of the civil rights movement, to tell their story.
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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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Comics, in a sense, the style, the images – it’s almost like music.
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There’s nothing wrong with a little agitation for what’s right or what’s fair.
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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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