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Don’t give up! Don’t give in! Keep the faith! And keep your eyes on the prize!

John Lewis

Nonviolence is one of those immutable principles that we cannot and must not deviate from.
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Non Violence Principle
A democracy cannot thrive where power remains unchecked and justice is reserved for a select few.
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Democracy Government Justice Power
The vote controls everything that you do.
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Control Government One Liner Vote
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.
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Brave Capacity Forgiveness Inspirational Let Go Move On People
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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Lifetime Struggle
Rioting is not a movement. It is not an act of civil disobedience.
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Act Civil Movement Obey Riot
Freedom is not a state; it is an act.
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Act Change Freedom Future One Liner State
We need some creative tension; people crying out for the things they want.
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Black Lives Matter Creative Cry People Racism
I think all Americans should be hopeful, and try to be optimistic.
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Country Hope Optimism Thinking Try
I believe that you see something that you want to get done, you cannot give up, and you cannot give in.
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Believe Done Give Up Inspirational Want
Segregation and racial discrimination were not in keeping with our faith, so we had to do something.
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Faith Justice Racism
Every generation leaves behind a legacy. What that legacy will be is determined by the people of that generation. What legacy do you want to leave behind?
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Determination Generation Inspirational Leaving Legacy People
We may not have chosen the time, but the time has chosen us.
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Choose Inspirational Time
You must be bold, brave, and courageous and find a way to get in the way.
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Bold Brave Courage Finding Justice
Some of us gave a little blood for the right to participate in the democratic process.
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Blood Democracy Participate Process
I believe that you see something that you want to get done, you cannot give up, and you cannot give in.
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Believe Done Give Up Inspirational Want
We all need to be treated like fellow human beings.
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Black Lives Matter Equality Fellow Human Treatment
You cannot give up – you have to be persistent and keep pushing, and press on.
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Give Up Motivational Persistence Press Push
Every single vote is precious.
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One Liner Precious Vote
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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Action Creation Freedom Generation Society
Reading the Martin Luther King story, that little comic book, set me on the path that I’m on today.
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Book Comic Reading
There should be a graphic novel dealing with the contribution of the women of the civil rights movement, to tell their story.
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Civil Contribution Deal Movement Rights Story Women Women Empowerment
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
I believe in freedom of speech, but I also believe that we have an obligation to condemn speech that is racist, bigoted, anti-Semitic, or hateful.
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Believe Freedom Hate Obligation Racism Speech
Races don’t fall in love, genders don’t fall in love: Individuals fall in love. We all should be free to marry the person that we love.
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Fall In Love Freedom Individual Love Person Race
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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Equality Justice Truth
We must be headlights and not taillights.
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Light One Liner Positive

Don’t give up! Don’t give in! Keep the faith! And keep your eyes on the prize!

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