The scars and stains of racism are still deeply embedded in the society.
JOHN LEWIS
Rosa Parks inspired me to find a way to get in the way, to get in trouble – good trouble, necessary trouble.
More John Lewis Quotes
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The scars and stains of racism are still deeply embedded in the society.
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You cannot be afraid to speak up and speak out for what you believe. You have to have courage, raw courage.
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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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People should organize people to just turn up and participate in the democratic process. Knock on doors.
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We must be headlights and not taillights.
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You have to be optimistic in order to continue to move forward.
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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 see something that is not right, not fair, not just, you have a moral obligation to do something about it.
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Fury spends itself pretty quickly when there’s no fury facing it.
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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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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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To divide people based on race, a color, a religion, a sexual orientation, it’s just wrong.
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We must continue to go forward as one people, as brothers and sisters.
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Freedom is the continuous action we all must take, and each generation must do its part to create an even more fair, more just society.
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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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