You have to have hope. You have to be optimistic in order to continue to move forward.
JOHN LEWISNot one of us can rest, be happy, be at home, be at peace with ourselves until we end hatred and division.
More John Lewis Quotes
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Without our faith, we wouldn’t have been able to succeed.
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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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There’s nothing wrong with a little agitation for what’s right or what’s fair.
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We must do the work that justice and equality calls us to do.
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The vote controls everything that you do.
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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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The lessons of nonviolence are universal.
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You must be bold, brave, and courageous and find a way to get in the way.
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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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Following the teaching of Gandhi and Thoreau, Dr. King, it set me on a path. And I never looked back.
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In spite of all of the things, the issues, that we may be confronting today, I’m very hopeful, very optimistic about the future.
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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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We must be headlights and not taillights.
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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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Give us a vote! Let us vote! We came here to do our job. We came here to work.
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