We need some creative tension; people crying out for the things they want.
JOHN LEWISNever lose your hope, be optimistic.
More John Lewis Quotes
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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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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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I believe it is my obligation to tell the story of the civil rights movement to the next generation.
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I think all Americans should be hopeful, and try to be optimistic.
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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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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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Segregation and racial discrimination were not in keeping with our faith, so we had to do something.
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Our struggle is a struggle to redeem the soul of America. It’s not a struggle that lasts for a few days, a few weeks, a few months, or a few years. It is the struggle of a lifetime, more than one lifetime.
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I say from time to time that the vote is precious.
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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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When people tell me nothing has changed, I say come walk in my shoes and I will show you change.
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You have to go with your gut sometimes, and how you feel.
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We will march with the spirit of love and with the spirit of dignity.
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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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Give us a vote! Let us vote! We came here to do our job. We came here to work.
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