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We built a coalition of conscience, and that we can do it again, and we can go forward, and help redeem the soul of America.

John Lewis

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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Average Extraordinary Gift Grow Up Poor
We cannot stop, and we will not and cannot be patient.
JOHN LEWIS

Justice Patience Stop
You have to be optimistic just in keeping with the philosophy of non-violence.
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Non Violence Optimism Philosophy
Never become bitter, and in the process, be happy and just go for it.
JOHN LEWIS

Black Lives Matter Happiness Justice Process
Young people can understand, and must understand, that we had success, we had failures, but we never gave up.
JOHN LEWIS

Failure Give Up Motivational People Success Understand Young
Sensible people have got to work together.
JOHN LEWIS

One Liner People Sensible Togetherness Work
Following the teaching of Gandhi and Thoreau, Dr. King, it set me on a path. And I never looked back.
JOHN LEWIS

Path Teaching
I truly believe that one day we will get there, we will arrive. And if we do it right in America, maybe, just maybe, we can serve as a model for the rest of the world.
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Arrive Believe Country Model Right True World
You have to tell the whole truth, the good and the bad, maybe some things that are uncomfortable for some people.
JOHN LEWIS

Justice People Truth Uncomfortable
Not one of us can rest, be happy, be at home, be at peace with ourselves until we end hatred and division.
JOHN LEWIS

Division Happiness Hatred Home Ourselves Peace
Reading the Martin Luther King story, that little comic book, set me on the path that I’m on today.
JOHN LEWIS

Book Comic Reading
We do not want our freedom gradually, but we want to be free now!
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Freedom Racism Want
The government, both state and federal, has a duty to be reasonable and accommodating.
JOHN LEWIS

Accomodation Duty Government Reason State
Too many people struggled, suffered, and died to make it possible for every American to exercise their right to vote.
JOHN LEWIS

Country Exercise Possible Struggle Suffering Vote
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.
JOHN LEWIS

Believe Freedom Hate Obligation Racism Speech
We must be headlights and not taillights.
JOHN LEWIS

Light One Liner Positive

We built a coalition of conscience, and that we can do it again, and we can go forward, and help redeem the soul of America.

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We built a coalition of conscience, and that we can do it again, and we can go forward, and help redeem the soul of America.

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