The lessons of nonviolence are universal.
JOHN LEWISWe must do the work that justice and equality calls us to do.
More John Lewis Quotes
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Music is a universal language.
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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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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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Every single vote is precious.
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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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I believe that you see something that you want to get done, you cannot give up, and you cannot give in.
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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.
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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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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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You have to have the capacity and the ability to take what people did, and how they did it, and forgive them and move on.
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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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You have to have hope. You have to be optimistic in order to continue to move forward.
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In spite of all of the things, the issues, that we may be confronting today, I’m very hopeful, very optimistic about the future.
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We are one community, one family. Really, we are the American family.
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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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