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?
JOHN LEWISEven 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.
More John Lewis Quotes
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Reading the Martin Luther King story, that little comic book, set me on the path that I’m on today.
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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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Without prayer, without faith in the Almighty, the civil rights movement would have been like a bird without wings.
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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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Segregation and racial discrimination were not in keeping with our faith, so we had to do something.
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The vote controls everything that you do.
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We need some creative tension; people crying out for the things they want.
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The vote is the most powerful nonviolent tool we have.
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Rioting is not a movement. It is not an act of civil disobedience.
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Fury spends itself pretty quickly when there’s no fury facing it.
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The lessons of nonviolence are universal.
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It is our responsibility to leave this planet cleaner and greener.
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I think all Americans should be hopeful, and try to be optimistic.
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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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It is my hope that people today will see that, in another time, in another period, when we saw the need for people to speak up, to organize, to mobilize, and to do something about injustice, we came together.
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