We are one community, one family. Really, we are the American family.
JOHN LEWISThe vote controls everything that you do.
More John Lewis Quotes
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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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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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To divide people based on race, a color, a religion, a sexual orientation, it’s just wrong.
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I don’t have any extraordinary gifts. I’m just an average Joe who grew up very poor in rural Alabama.
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Our struggle is not the struggle of a day, a week, a month or a year, it is the struggle of a 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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The lessons of nonviolence are universal.
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Voting is the most powerful nonviolent tool or instrument that we have in a democratic society. And we must use it.
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I believe that you see something that you want to get done, you cannot give up, and you cannot give in.
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You must be bold, brave, and courageous and find a way to get in the way.
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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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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?
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You cannot give up – you have to be persistent and keep pushing, and press on.
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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.
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You have to tell the whole truth, the good and the bad, maybe some things that are uncomfortable for some people.
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I truly believe that one day we will get there, we will arrive. And if we do it right in America, maybe, just maybe, we can serve as a model for the rest of the world.
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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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You have to go with your gut sometimes, and how you feel.
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Music is a universal language.
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Comics, in a sense, the style, the images – it’s almost like music.
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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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Rioting is not a movement. It is not an act of civil disobedience.
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We need someone who will stand up and speak up and speak out for the people who need help, for people who are being discriminated against.
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Create a society at peace with itself, and lay down the burden of hate and division.
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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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