I say to people today, ‘You must be prepared if you believe in something. If you believe in something, you have to go for it. As individuals, we may not live to see the end.
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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Fury spends itself pretty quickly when there’s no fury facing it.
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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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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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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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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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I think all Americans should be hopeful, and try to be optimistic.
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Comics, in a sense, the style, the images – it’s almost like music.
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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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Freedom is not a state; it is an act.
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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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Rosa Parks inspired me to find a way to get in the way, to get in trouble – good trouble, necessary trouble.
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Races don’t fall in love, genders don’t fall in love: Individuals fall in love. We all should be free to marry the person that we love.
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Too many of us still believe our differences define us.
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I say from time to time that the vote is precious.
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When people tell me nothing has changed, I say come walk in my shoes and I will show you change.
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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.
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We need some creative tension; people crying out for the things they want.
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Even 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.
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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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There is a need for a movement of non-violent direct action.
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Every single vote is precious.
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Hate is too big a burden to bear.
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The reward for playing jazz is playing jazz.
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Sometimes I feel like crying, tears of happiness, tears of joy, to see the distance we’ve come and the progress we’ve made.
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The vote is the most powerful nonviolent tool we have.
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Sensible people have got to work together.
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