Music is a universal language.
JOHN LEWISSensible people have got to work together.
More John Lewis Quotes
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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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You have to have the capacity and the ability to take what people did, and how they did it, and forgive them and move on.
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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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I say from time to time that the vote is precious.
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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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Hate is too big a burden to bear.
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We must continue to go forward as one people, as brothers and sisters.
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Following the teaching of Gandhi and Thoreau, Dr. King, it set me on a path. And I never looked back.
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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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You have to go with your gut sometimes, and how you feel.
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Never become bitter, and in the process, be happy and just go for it.
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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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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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We cannot stop, and we will not and cannot be patient.
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I say to people today, ‘You must be prepared if you believe in something. If you believe in something, you have to go for it. As individuals, we may not live to see the end.
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