The lessons of nonviolence are universal.
JOHN LEWISThe vote controls everything that you do.
More John Lewis Quotes
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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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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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Following the teaching of Gandhi and Thoreau, Dr. King, it set me on a path. And I never looked back.
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We are one community, one family. Really, we are the American family.
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It’s a shame and a disgrace that so few people take part in the political process.
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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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We must be headlights and not taillights.
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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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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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We must do the work that justice and equality calls us to do.
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Without our faith, we wouldn’t have been able to succeed.
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It is our responsibility to leave this planet cleaner and greener.
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We may not have chosen the time, but the time has chosen us.
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There should be a graphic novel dealing with the contribution of the women of the civil rights movement, to tell their story.
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Music is a universal language.
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