The lessons of nonviolence are universal.
JOHN LEWISNon violence as a way of life, a way of living, not simply as a technique or a tactic.
More John Lewis Quotes
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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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You cannot be afraid to speak up and speak out for what you believe. You have to have courage, raw courage.
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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 may not have chosen the time, but the time has chosen us.
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If you’re not hopeful and optimistic, then you just give up. You have to take that long hard look and just believe that if your consistent, you will succeed.
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If you see something that is not right, not fair, not just, you have a moral obligation to do something about it.
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Never lose your hope, be optimistic.
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Some of us gave a little blood for the right to participate in the democratic process.
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You have to be optimistic in order to continue to move forward.
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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 will march with the spirit of love and with the spirit of dignity.
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You have to be optimistic just in keeping with the philosophy of non-violence.
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Without our faith, we wouldn’t have been able to succeed.
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You have to take the long hard look and just believe that if you’re consistent, you will succeed.
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Nonviolence is one of those immutable principles that we cannot and must not deviate from.
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