Our struggle is not the struggle of a day, a week, a month or a year, it is the struggle of a lifetime.
JOHN LEWISNonviolence is one of those immutable principles that we cannot and must not deviate from.
More John Lewis Quotes
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Without our faith, we wouldn’t have been able to succeed.
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There is a need for a movement of non-violent direct action.
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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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Non violence as a way of life, a way of living, not simply as a technique or a tactic.
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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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You cannot give up – you have to be persistent and keep pushing, and press on.
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Races don’t fall in love, genders don’t fall in love: Individuals fall in love. We all should be free to marry the person that we love.
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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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Never lose your hope, be optimistic.
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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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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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We must continue to go forward as one people, as brothers and sisters.
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I say to people today, ‘You must be prepared if you believe in something. If you believe in something, you have to go for it. As individuals, we may not live to see the end.
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You have to tell the whole truth, the good and the bad, maybe some things that are uncomfortable for some people.
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The vote controls everything that you do.
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The scars and stains of racism are still deeply embedded in the society.
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Rioting is not a movement. It is not an act of civil disobedience.
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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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There’s nothing wrong with a little agitation for what’s right or what’s fair.
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We all need to be treated like fellow human beings.
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Create a society at peace with itself, and lay down the burden of hate and division.
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The lessons of nonviolence are universal.
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We must be headlights and not taillights.
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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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You have to take the long hard look and just believe that if you’re consistent, you will succeed.
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People should organize people to just turn up and participate in the democratic process. Knock on doors.
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