Too many people struggled, suffered, and died to make it possible for every American to exercise their right to vote.
JOHN LEWISYou have to have the capacity and the ability to take what people did, and how they did it, and forgive them and move on.
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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Hate is too big a burden to bear.
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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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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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We need some creative tension; people crying out for the things they want.
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We must do the work that justice and equality calls us to do.
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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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The lessons of nonviolence are universal.
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Music is a universal language.
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Without prayer, without faith in the Almighty, the civil rights movement would have been like a bird without wings.
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Don’t give up! Don’t give in! Keep the faith! And keep your eyes on the prize!
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It’s a shame and a disgrace that so few people take part in the political process.
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When you make mistakes, when you’re wrong, you should admit you’re wrong and ask people to forgive you.
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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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Every single vote is precious.
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