When you make mistakes, when you’re wrong, you should admit you’re wrong and ask people to forgive you.
JOHN LEWISWe 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.
More John Lewis Quotes
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Peace cannot exist where justice is not served.
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Fury spends itself pretty quickly when there’s no fury facing it.
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I believe in freedom of speech, but I also believe that we have an obligation to condemn speech that is racist, bigoted, anti-Semitic, or hateful.
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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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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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We must do the work that justice and equality calls us to do.
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The lessons of nonviolence are universal.
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I think all Americans should be hopeful, and try to be optimistic.
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Without our faith, we wouldn’t have been able to succeed.
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The vote controls everything that you do.
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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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We all need to be treated like fellow human beings.
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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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Never become bitter, and in the process, be happy and just go for it.
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