We do not want our freedom gradually, but we want to be free now!
JOHN LEWISThere should be a graphic novel dealing with the contribution of the women of the civil rights movement, to tell their story.
More John Lewis Quotes
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Freedom is not a state; it is an act.
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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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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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Following the teaching of Gandhi and Thoreau, Dr. King, it set me on a path. And I never looked back.
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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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Fury spends itself pretty quickly when there’s no fury facing it.
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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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We must be headlights and not taillights.
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Hate is too big a burden to bear.
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We all need to be treated like fellow human beings.
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Don’t give up! Don’t give in! Keep the faith! And keep your eyes on the prize!
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It is our responsibility to leave this planet cleaner and greener.
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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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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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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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