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

John Lewis

Comics, in a sense, the style, the images – it’s almost like music.
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Comix Music Sense Style
I believe it is my obligation to tell the story of the civil rights movement to the next generation.
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Believe Civil Generation Movement Obligation Rights Story
The vote controls everything that you do.
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Control Government One Liner Vote
We cannot stop, and we will not and cannot be patient.
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Justice Patience Stop
A democracy cannot thrive where power remains unchecked and justice is reserved for a select few.
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Democracy Government Justice Power
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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Country Lifetime Soul Struggle
We need some creative tension; people crying out for the things they want.
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Black Lives Matter Creative Cry People Racism
People will never, ever forget what happened and how it happened, and it is my hope that we are on our way to greater change.
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Black Lives Matter Change Forget Happen Hope People
Too many people struggled, suffered, and died to make it possible for every American to exercise their right to vote.
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Country Exercise Possible Struggle Suffering Vote
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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Justice Moral Obligation Right
Sensible people have got to work together.
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One Liner People Sensible Togetherness Work
Rioting is not a movement. It is not an act of civil disobedience.
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Act Civil Movement Obey Riot
The reward for playing jazz is playing jazz.
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Music Play Reward
Without prayer, without faith in the Almighty, the civil rights movement would have been like a bird without wings.
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Bird Civil Faith Movement Prayer Rights Wings
Following the teaching of Gandhi and Thoreau, Dr. King, it set me on a path. And I never looked back.
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Path Teaching
We must do the work that justice and equality calls us to do.
JOHN LEWIS

Call Equality Justice Work

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