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John Lewis

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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Fall In Love Freedom Individual Love Person Race
There’s nothing wrong with a little agitation for what’s right or what’s fair.
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Active Justice Right
Too many people struggled, suffered, and died to make it possible for every American to exercise their right to vote.
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Country Exercise Possible Struggle Suffering Vote
I think my whole life has been one of sort of daring, and sort of sailing against the wind instead of just going with the wind.
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Against Dare Life Sail Thinking Wind
To divide people based on race, a color, a religion, a sexual orientation, it’s just wrong.
JOHN LEWIS

Black Lives Matter Colour Divide Orientation People Race Religion Wrong
You have to be optimistic just in keeping with the philosophy of non-violence.
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Non Violence Optimism Philosophy
We need someone who will stand up and speak up and speak out for the people who need help, for people who are being discriminated against.
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Help Justice Need People Speak
We will march with the spirit of love and with the spirit of dignity.
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Dignity Love Spirit
Comics, in a sense, the style, the images – it’s almost like music.
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Comix Music Sense Style
We cannot stop, and we will not and cannot be patient.
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Justice Patience Stop
There is a need for a movement of non-violent direct action.
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Action Movement Need Non Violence
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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Cry Distance Emotional Feeling Happiness Progress
There should be a graphic novel dealing with the contribution of the women of the civil rights movement, to tell their story.
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Civil Contribution Deal Movement Rights Story Women Women Empowerment
Fury spends itself pretty quickly when there’s no fury facing it.
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Fury Pretty Quick
I believe it is my obligation to tell the story of the civil rights movement to the next generation.
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Believe Civil Generation Movement Obligation Rights Story
You have to have hope. You have to be optimistic in order to continue to move forward.
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Hope Inspiratioanl Optimism

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