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Nonviolence is one of those immutable principles that we cannot and must not deviate from.

John Lewis

Voting is the most powerful nonviolent tool or instrument that we have in a democratic society. And we must use it.
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Without our faith, we wouldn’t have been able to succeed.
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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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People must understand that people were beaten, arrested, jailed, and some people were murdered, while attempting to register to vote, or to get others to register to vote.
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You must be bold, brave, and courageous and find a way to get in the way.
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You have to go with your gut sometimes, and how you feel.
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We need some creative tension; people crying out for the things they want.
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You have to be optimistic just in keeping with the philosophy of non-violence.
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Reading the Martin Luther King story, that little comic book, set me on the path that I’m on today.
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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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We never gave up. We didn’t get lost in a sea of despair. We kept the faith. We kept pushing and pulling. We kept marching. And we made some progress.
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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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The scars and stains of racism are still deeply embedded in the society.
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Non violence as a way of life, a way of living, not simply as a technique or a tactic.
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We need someone who will stand up and speak up and speak out for the people who need help, for people who are being discriminated against.
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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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