Too many people struggled, suffered, and died to make it possible for every American to exercise their right to vote.
JOHN LEWIS
Too many people struggled, suffered, and died to make it possible for every American to exercise their right to vote.
More John Lewis Quotes
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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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I believe it is my obligation to tell the story of the civil rights movement to the next generation.
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Segregation and racial discrimination were not in keeping with our faith, so we had to do something.
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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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Never become bitter, and in the process, be happy and just go for it.
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We may not have chosen the time, but the time has chosen us.
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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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Too many of us still believe our differences define us.
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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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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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There’s nothing wrong with a little agitation for what’s right or what’s fair.
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We must continue to go forward as one people, as brothers and sisters.
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When you see something that is not right, not fair, not just, you have to speak up. You have to say something; you have to do something.
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You have to be optimistic in order to continue to move forward.
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Hate is too big a burden to bear.
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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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