Give us a vote! Let us vote! We came here to do our job. We came here to work.
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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You have to take the long hard look and just believe that if you’re consistent, you will succeed.
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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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We must do the work that justice and equality calls us to do.
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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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Too many people struggled, suffered, and died to make it possible for every American to exercise their right to vote.
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People should organize people to just turn up and participate in the democratic process. Knock on doors.
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There’s nothing wrong with a little agitation for what’s right or what’s fair.
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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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Without prayer, without faith in the Almighty, the civil rights movement would have been like a bird without wings.
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Not one of us can rest, be happy, be at home, be at peace with ourselves until we end hatred and division.
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Young people can understand, and must understand, that we had success, we had failures, but we never gave up.
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We will stand up for what is right, for what is fair and what is just. Health care is a right and not a privilege.
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You cannot give up – you have to be persistent and keep pushing, and press on.
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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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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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