We may not have chosen the time, but the time has chosen us.
JOHN LEWISWe will stand up for what is right, for what is fair and what is just. Health care is a right and not a privilege.
More John Lewis Quotes
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When you see something that is not right, not fair, not just, you have to speak up. You have to say something; you have to do something.
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Create a society at peace with itself, and lay down the burden of hate and division.
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Hate is too big a burden to bear.
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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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Give us a vote! Let us vote! We came here to do our job. We came here to work.
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You cannot give up – you have to be persistent and keep pushing, and press on.
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Nonviolence is one of those immutable principles that we cannot and must not deviate from.
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Fury spends itself pretty quickly when there’s no fury facing it.
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Rosa Parks inspired me to find a way to get in the way, to get in trouble – good trouble, necessary trouble.
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Without our faith, we wouldn’t have been able to succeed.
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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 be optimistic in order to continue to move forward.
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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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You cannot be at home with something that you feel that is wrong, is not right.
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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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