Segregation and racial discrimination were not in keeping with our faith, so we had to do something.
JOHN LEWIS
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.
More John Lewis Quotes
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Segregation and racial discrimination were not in keeping with our faith, so we had to do something.
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I believe it is my obligation to tell the story of the civil rights movement to the next generation.
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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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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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Too many people struggled, suffered, and died to make it possible for every American to exercise their right to vote.
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We will stand up for what is right, for what is fair and what is just. Health care is a right and not a privilege.
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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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Nonviolence is one of those immutable principles that we cannot and must not deviate from.
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We are one community, one family. Really, we are the American family.
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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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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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You must be bold, brave, and courageous and find a way to get in the way.
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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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It is our responsibility to leave this planet cleaner and greener.
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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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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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