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You have to go with your gut sometimes, and how you feel.

John Lewis

Freedom is the continuous action we all must take, and each generation must do its part to create an even more fair, more just society.
JOHN LEWIS

Action Creation Freedom Generation Society
You must be bold, brave, and courageous and find a way to get in the way.
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Bold Brave Courage Finding Justice
We must continue to go forward as one people, as brothers and sisters.
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Brother Continue People Sister Togetherness Unity
Don’t give up! Don’t give in! Keep the faith! And keep your eyes on the prize!
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Business Faith Give Up Motivational Sports
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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Cry Distance Emotional Feeling Happiness Progress
Non violence as a way of life, a way of living, not simply as a technique or a tactic.
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Life Live Non Violence Tactics Technique
You have to be optimistic in order to continue to move forward.
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Justice Move On Optimism
Reading the Martin Luther King story, that little comic book, set me on the path that I’m on today.
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Book Comic Reading
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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Justice People Truth Uncomfortable
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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Necessary Trouble
People must understand that people were beaten, arrested, jailed, and some people were murdered, while attempting to register to vote, or to get others to register to vote.
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Arrest Attempt Murder People Register Undersstand Vote
Every generation leaves behind a legacy. What that legacy will be is determined by the people of that generation. What legacy do you want to leave behind?
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Determination Generation Inspirational Leaving Legacy People
When growing up, I saw segregation. I saw racial discrimination. I saw those signs that said white men, colored men. White women, colored women. White waiting. And I didn’t like it.
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Black Gorw Up Men Racism Sign White Women
A democracy cannot thrive where power remains unchecked and justice is reserved for a select few.
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Democracy Government Justice Power
If you see something that is not right, not fair, not just, you have a moral obligation to do something about it.
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Justice Moral Obligation Right
The lessons of nonviolence are universal.
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Lesson Non Violence One Liner Universal

You have to go with your gut sometimes, and how you feel.

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