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You must be bold, brave, and courageous and find a way to get in the way.

John Lewis

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.
JOHN LEWIS

Action Creation Freedom Generation Society
We never gave up. We didn’t get lost in a sea of despair. We kept the faith. We kept pushing and pulling. We kept marching. And we made some progress.
JOHN LEWIS

Despair Faith Give Up Lost Progress Push Sea Work Hard
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.
JOHN LEWIS

Brave Capacity Forgiveness Inspirational Let Go Move On People
You cannot be at home with something that you feel that is wrong, is not right.
JOHN LEWIS

Government Home Vote Wrong
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.
JOHN LEWIS

Against Dare Life Sail Thinking Wind
Fury spends itself pretty quickly when there’s no fury facing it.
JOHN LEWIS

Fury Pretty Quick
I believe that you see something that you want to get done, you cannot give up, and you cannot give in.
JOHN LEWIS

Believe Done Give Up Inspirational Want
It’s a shame and a disgrace that so few people take part in the political process.
JOHN LEWIS

Disgarce People Politics Process Shame
We will march with the spirit of love and with the spirit of dignity.
JOHN LEWIS

Dignity Love Spirit
We built a coalition of conscience, and that we can do it again, and we can go forward, and help redeem the soul of America.
JOHN LEWIS

Build Conscience Country Soul
People should organize people to just turn up and participate in the democratic process. Knock on doors.
JOHN LEWIS

Democracy Door Organize Participate People Process
Without our faith, we wouldn’t have been able to succeed.
JOHN LEWIS

Faith Inspirational Success
Non violence as a way of life, a way of living, not simply as a technique or a tactic.
JOHN LEWIS

Life Live Non Violence Tactics Technique
Too many people struggled, suffered, and died to make it possible for every American to exercise their right to vote.
JOHN LEWIS

Country Exercise Possible Struggle Suffering Vote
Following the teaching of Gandhi and Thoreau, Dr. King, it set me on a path. And I never looked back.
JOHN LEWIS

Path Teaching
When growing up, I saw segregation. I saw racial discrimination. I saw those signs that said white men, colored men. White women, colored women. White waiting. And I didn’t like it.
JOHN LEWIS

Black Gorw Up Men Racism Sign White Women

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