We need some creative tension; people crying out for the things they want.
JOHN LEWISThere is a need for a movement of non-violent direct action.
More John Lewis Quotes
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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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We must do the work that justice and equality calls us to do.
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Create a society at peace with itself, and lay down the burden of hate and division.
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Sensible people have got to work together.
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I believe that teachers – whether in elementary schools, at the secondary level, or at colleges and universities – every teacher deserves the Nobel Peace Prize just for maintaining order in our schools!
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The government, both state and federal, has a duty to be reasonable and accommodating.
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When you see something that is not right, not fair, not just, you have to speak up. You have to say something; you have to do something.
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We do not want our freedom gradually, but we want to be free now!
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You cannot give up – you have to be persistent and keep pushing, and press on.
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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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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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We cannot stop, and we will not and cannot be patient.
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Freedom is not a state; it is an act.
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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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The reward for playing jazz is playing jazz.
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Rioting is not a movement. It is not an act of civil disobedience.
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You have to be optimistic just in keeping with the philosophy of non-violence.
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I say to people today, ‘You must be prepared if you believe in something. If you believe in something, you have to go for it. As individuals, we may not live to see the end.
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To divide people based on race, a color, a religion, a sexual orientation, it’s just wrong.
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The vote controls everything that you do.
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I don’t have any extraordinary gifts. I’m just an average Joe who grew up very poor in rural Alabama.
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Fury spends itself pretty quickly when there’s no fury facing it.
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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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We will march with the spirit of love and with the spirit of dignity.
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Even in the civil rights movement, there were so many unbelievable women. They never, ever received the credit that they should have received. They did all of the, and I cannot say it, they did all of the dirty work. Hard work.
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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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