Voting is the most powerful nonviolent tool or instrument that we have in a democratic society. And we must use it.
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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By the force of our demands, our determination, and our numbers, we shall splinter the segregated South into a thousand pieces and put them together in the image of God and democracy
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Sometimes I feel like crying, tears of happiness, tears of joy, to see the distance we’ve come and the progress we’ve made.
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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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Comics, in a sense, the style, the images – it’s almost like music.
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We must continue to go forward as one people, as brothers and sisters.
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We must do the work that justice and equality calls us to do.
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Freedom is not a state; it is an act.
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The lessons of nonviolence are universal.
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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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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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Without our faith, we wouldn’t have been able to succeed.
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Don’t give up! Don’t give in! Keep the faith! And keep your eyes on the prize!
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Not one of us can rest, be happy, be at home, be at peace with ourselves until we end hatred and division.
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I would say to a young person: continue to study. Study what is taking place in your community, in your neighborhood, maybe at your school.
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We cannot stop, and we will not and cannot be patient.
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