I say from time to time that the vote is precious.
JOHN LEWISFury spends itself pretty quickly when there’s no fury facing it.
More John Lewis Quotes
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Sensible people have got to work together.
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You have to go with your gut sometimes, and how you feel.
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I truly believe that one day we will get there, we will arrive. And if we do it right in America, maybe, just maybe, we can serve as a model for the rest of the world.
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You have to take the long hard look and just believe that if you’re consistent, you will succeed.
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Too many people struggled, suffered, and died to make it possible for every American to exercise their right to vote.
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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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Peace cannot exist where justice is not served.
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You must be bold, brave, and courageous and find a way to get in the way.
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I believe that teachers – whether in elementary schools, at the secondary level, or at colleges and universities – every teacher deserves the Nobel Peace Prize just for maintaining order in our schools!
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We all need to be treated like fellow human beings.
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You cannot be at home with something that you feel that is wrong, is not right.
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Rioting is not a movement. It is not an act of civil disobedience.
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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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Following the teaching of Gandhi and Thoreau, Dr. King, it set me on a path. And I never looked back.
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People will never, ever forget what happened and how it happened, and it is my hope that we are on our way to greater change.
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