To divide people based on race, a color, a religion, a sexual orientation, it’s just wrong.
JOHN LEWISDon’t give up! Don’t give in! Keep the faith! And keep your eyes on the prize!
More John Lewis Quotes
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Young people can understand, and must understand, that we had success, we had failures, but we never gave up.
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You have to have hope. You have to be optimistic in order to continue to move forward.
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We must be headlights and not taillights.
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We will stand up for what is right, for what is fair and what is just. Health care is a right and not a privilege.
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We need some creative tension; people crying out for the things they want.
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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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Music is a universal language.
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The lessons of nonviolence are universal.
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Without prayer, without faith in the Almighty, the civil rights movement would have been like a bird without wings.
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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.
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The government, both state and federal, has a duty to be reasonable and accommodating.
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There is a need for a movement of non-violent direct action.
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I met Rosa Parks when I was 17. I met Dr. [Martin Luther] King when I was 18. These two individuals inspired me to find a way to get in the way, to get in trouble. So I got in good trouble, necessary trouble.
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The vote is the most powerful nonviolent tool we have.
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Our struggle is not the struggle of a day, a week, a month or a year, it is the struggle of a lifetime.
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