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Non violence as a way of life, a way of living, not simply as a technique or a tactic.

John Lewis

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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Brave Capacity Forgiveness Inspirational Let Go Move On People
We do not want our freedom gradually, but we want to be free now!
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Freedom Racism Want
We must do the work that justice and equality calls us to do.
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Call Equality Justice Work
The scars and stains of racism are still deeply embedded in the society.
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Racism Scars Society Stain
When growing up, I saw segregation. I saw racial discrimination. I saw those signs that said white men, colored men. White women, colored women. White waiting. And I didn’t like it.
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Black Gorw Up Men Racism Sign White Women
Not one of us can rest, be happy, be at home, be at peace with ourselves until we end hatred and division.
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Division Happiness Hatred Home Ourselves Peace
Some of us gave a little blood for the right to participate in the democratic process.
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Blood Democracy Participate Process
You cannot be at home with something that you feel that is wrong, is not right.
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Government Home Vote Wrong
We all need to be treated like fellow human beings.
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Black Lives Matter Equality Fellow Human Treatment
People will never, ever forget what happened and how it happened, and it is my hope that we are on our way to greater change.
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Black Lives Matter Change Forget Happen Hope People
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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Community Impossible Possible Sense Team Work Togetherness Unity
Peace cannot exist where justice is not served.
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Existence Justice One Liner Peace Serve
You have to tell the whole truth, the good and the bad, maybe some things that are uncomfortable for some people.
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Justice People Truth Uncomfortable
Every generation leaves behind a legacy. What that legacy will be is determined by the people of that generation. What legacy do you want to leave behind?
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Determination Generation Inspirational Leaving Legacy People
It is our responsibility to leave this planet cleaner and greener.
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Clean Environment Green Leaving Nature Responsiblity
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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Despair Faith Give Up Lost Progress Push Sea Work Hard
To divide people based on race, a color, a religion, a sexual orientation, it’s just wrong.
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Black Lives Matter Colour Divide Orientation People Race Religion Wrong
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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Arrest Attempt Murder People Register Undersstand Vote
The government, both state and federal, has a duty to be reasonable and accommodating.
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Accomodation Duty Government Reason State
Following the teaching of Gandhi and Thoreau, Dr. King, it set me on a path. And I never looked back.
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Path Teaching
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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Believe Done Give Up Inspirational Want
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
It’s a shame and a disgrace that so few people take part in the political process.
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Disgarce People Politics Process Shame
To make it hard, to make it difficult almost impossible for people to cast a vote is not in keeping with the democratic process.
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Democracy Difficult Hard Impossible People Process Vote
Say something. Have the courage. Have the backbone. Get in the way. Walk with the wind. It’s all going to work out.
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Black Lives Matter Courage Justice Racism Wind Work
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
The lessons of nonviolence are universal.
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Lesson Non Violence One Liner Universal

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