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.
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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There’s nothing wrong with a little agitation for what’s right or what’s fair.
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I say from time to time that the vote is precious.
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You have to be optimistic in order to continue to move forward.
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Music is a universal language.
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Every single vote is precious.
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The reward for playing jazz is playing jazz.
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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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We all need to be treated like fellow human beings.
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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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I would say to a young person: continue to study. Study what is taking place in your community, in your neighborhood, maybe at your school.
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We must be headlights and not taillights.
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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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You have to have the capacity and the ability to take what people did, and how they did it, and forgive them and move on.
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Without our faith, we wouldn’t have been able to succeed.
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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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