You have to be optimistic just in keeping with the philosophy of non-violence.
JOHN LEWISMusic is a universal language.
More John Lewis Quotes
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You cannot be at home with something that you feel that is wrong, is not right.
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The vote is the most powerful nonviolent tool we have.
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We must be headlights and not taillights.
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We may not have chosen the time, but the time has chosen us.
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We need some creative tension; people crying out for the things they want.
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Never lose your hope, be optimistic.
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You have to take the long hard look and just believe that if you’re consistent, you will succeed.
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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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Freedom is the continuous action we all must take, and each generation must do its part to create an even more fair, more just society.
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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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Non violence as a way of life, a way of living, not simply as a technique or a tactic.
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Our struggle is a struggle to redeem the soul of America. It’s not a struggle that lasts for a few days, a few weeks, a few months, or a few years. It is the struggle of a lifetime, more than one lifetime.
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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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Comics, in a sense, the style, the images – it’s almost like music.
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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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