Say something. Have the courage. Have the backbone. Get in the way. Walk with the wind. It’s all going to work out.
JOHN LEWISSay something. Have the courage. Have the backbone. Get in the way. Walk with the wind. It’s all going to work out.
More John Lewis Quotes
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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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By the force of our demands, our determination, and our numbers, we shall splinter the segregated South into a thousand pieces and put them together in the image of God and democracy
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We must continue to go forward as one people, as brothers and sisters.
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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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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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Some of us gave a little blood for the right to participate in the democratic process.
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Sensible people have got to work together.
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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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Without our faith, we wouldn’t have been able to succeed.
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A democracy cannot thrive where power remains unchecked and justice is reserved for a select few.
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If you come together with a mission, and it’s grounded with love and a sense of community, you can make the impossible possible.
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Fury spends itself pretty quickly when there’s no fury facing it.
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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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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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I think my whole life has been one of sort of daring, and sort of sailing against the wind instead of just going with the wind.
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