Fury spends itself pretty quickly when there’s no fury facing it.
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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If you come together with a mission, and it’s grounded with love and a sense of community, you can make the impossible possible.
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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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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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Sensible people have got to work together.
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We built a coalition of conscience, and that we can do it again, and we can go forward, and help redeem the soul of America.
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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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Nonviolence is one of those immutable principles that we cannot and must not deviate from.
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Reading the Martin Luther King story, that little comic book, set me on the path that I’m on today.
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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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The vote controls everything that you do.
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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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People should organize people to just turn up and participate in the democratic process. Knock on doors.
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When you make mistakes, when you’re wrong, you should admit you’re wrong and ask people to forgive you.
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We are one community, one family. Really, we are the American family.
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Our struggle is a struggle to redeem the soul of America. It’s not a struggle that lasts for a few days, a few weeks, a few months, or a few years. It is the struggle of a lifetime, more than one lifetime.
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