You have to be optimistic in order to continue to move forward.
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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Peace cannot exist where justice is not served.
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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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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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When people tell me nothing has changed, I say come walk in my shoes and I will show you change.
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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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Young people can understand, and must understand, that we had success, we had failures, but we never gave up.
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The scars and stains of racism are still deeply embedded in the society.
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Not one of us can rest, be happy, be at home, be at peace with ourselves until we end hatred and division.
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It is our responsibility to leave this planet cleaner and greener.
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We must do the work that justice and equality calls us to do.
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Sometimes I feel like crying, tears of happiness, tears of joy, to see the distance we’ve come and the progress we’ve made.
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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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Following the teaching of Gandhi and Thoreau, Dr. King, it set me on a path. And I never looked back.
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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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Give us a vote! Let us vote! We came here to do our job. We came here to work.
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