Peace cannot exist where justice is not served.
JOHN LEWISSensible people have got to work together.
More John Lewis Quotes
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People will never, ever forget what happened and how it happened, and it is my hope that we are on our way to greater change.
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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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Music is a universal language.
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Create a society at peace with itself, and lay down the burden of hate and division.
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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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You have to go with your gut sometimes, and how you feel.
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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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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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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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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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It is our responsibility to leave this planet cleaner and greener.
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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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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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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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