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John Lewis

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
I truly believe that one day we will get there, we will arrive. And if we do it right in America, maybe, just maybe, we can serve as a model for the rest of the world.
JOHN LEWIS

Arrive Believe Country Model Right True World
You cannot give up – you have to be persistent and keep pushing, and press on.
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Give Up Motivational Persistence Press Push
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
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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Despair Faith Give Up Lost Progress Push Sea Work Hard
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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Build Conscience Country Soul
You have to be optimistic just in keeping with the philosophy of non-violence.
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Non Violence Optimism Philosophy
We must do the work that justice and equality calls us to do.
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Call Equality Justice Work
You have to be optimistic in order to continue to move forward.
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Justice Move On Optimism
Every single vote is precious.
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One Liner Precious Vote
Sensible people have got to work together.
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One Liner People Sensible Togetherness Work
Never lose your hope, be optimistic.
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Hope Lose One Liner 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
We will march with the spirit of love and with the spirit of dignity.
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Dignity Love Spirit
The vote controls everything that you do.
JOHN LEWIS

Control Government One Liner Vote
Nonviolence is one of those immutable principles that we cannot and must not deviate from.
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Non Violence Principle

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