You have to have hope. You have to be optimistic in order to continue to move forward.
JOHN LEWISSensible people have got to work together.
More John Lewis Quotes
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The vote controls everything that you do.
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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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The vote is the most powerful nonviolent tool we have.
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Nonviolence is one of those immutable principles that we cannot and must not deviate from.
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If you’re not hopeful and optimistic, then you just give up. You have to take that long hard look and just believe that if your consistent, you will succeed.
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Voting is the most powerful nonviolent tool or instrument that we have in a democratic society. And we must use it.
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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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It’s a shame and a disgrace that so few people take part in the political process.
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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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I believe in freedom of speech, but I also believe that we have an obligation to condemn speech that is racist, bigoted, anti-Semitic, or hateful.
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You must be bold, brave, and courageous and find a way to get in the way.
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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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Young people can understand, and must understand, that we had success, we had failures, but we never gave up.
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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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People must understand that people were beaten, arrested, jailed, and some people were murdered, while attempting to register to vote, or to get others to register to vote.
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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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The lessons of nonviolence are universal.
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It is our responsibility to leave this planet cleaner and greener.
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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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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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We will march with the spirit of love and with the spirit of dignity.
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Every single vote is precious.
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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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Music is a universal language.
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To divide people based on race, a color, a religion, a sexual orientation, it’s just wrong.
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Never become bitter, and in the process, be happy and just go for it.
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