You cannot be afraid to speak up and speak out for what you believe. You have to have courage, raw courage.
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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We are one community, one family. Really, we are the American family.
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You cannot be at home with something that you feel that is wrong, is not right.
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A democracy cannot thrive where power remains unchecked and justice is reserved for a select few.
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Say something. Have the courage. Have the backbone. Get in the way. Walk with the wind. It’s all going to work out.
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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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I think all Americans should be hopeful, and try to be optimistic.
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Segregation and racial discrimination were not in keeping with our faith, so we had to do something.
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Hate is too big a burden to bear.
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The government, both state and federal, has a duty to be reasonable and accommodating.
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To make it hard, to make it difficult almost impossible for people to cast a vote is not in keeping with the democratic process.
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We will march with the spirit of love and with the spirit of dignity.
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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 must do the work that justice and equality calls us to do.
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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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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.
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You have to go with your gut sometimes, and how you feel.
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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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Some of us gave a little blood for the right to participate in the democratic process.
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Every single vote is precious.
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When you make mistakes, when you’re wrong, you should admit you’re wrong and ask people to forgive you.
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Freedom is not a state; it is an act.
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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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Create a society at peace with itself, and lay down the burden of hate and division.
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Sensible people have got to work together.
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Comics, in a sense, the style, the images – it’s almost like music.
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