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John Lewis

You have to take the long hard look and just believe that if you’re consistent, you will succeed.
JOHN LEWIS

Believe Consistence Hard Justice Motivational Success
A democracy cannot thrive where power remains unchecked and justice is reserved for a select few.
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Democracy Government Justice Power
We all need to be treated like fellow human beings.
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Black Lives Matter Equality Fellow Human Treatment
You cannot be at home with something that you feel that is wrong, is not right.
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Government Home Vote Wrong
Hate is too big a burden to bear.
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Black Lives Matter Burdem Hate
You have to go with your gut sometimes, and how you feel.
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Feeling Gut Justice
You have to have hope. You have to be optimistic in order to continue to move forward.
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Hope Inspiratioanl Optimism
Our struggle is a struggle to redeem the soul of America. It’s not a struggle that lasts for a few days, a few weeks, a few months, or a few years. It is the struggle of a lifetime, more than one lifetime.
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Country Lifetime Soul Struggle
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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Comfortable Future Hope Issue Optimism Spite
We need some creative tension; people crying out for the things they want.
JOHN LEWIS

Black Lives Matter Creative Cry People Racism
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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Civil Credit Dirty Movement Receive Rights Unbelievable Women Work Hard
Peace cannot exist where justice is not served.
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Existence Justice One Liner Peace Serve
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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Believe College Prize School Teacher University
Music is a universal language.
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Language Music One Liner Universal
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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Equality Justice Truth
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

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