Voting is the most powerful nonviolent tool or instrument that we have in a democratic society. And we must use it.
JOHN LEWISYou have to be optimistic in order to continue to move forward.
More John Lewis Quotes
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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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You have to be optimistic in order to continue to move forward.
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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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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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We are one community, one family. Really, we are the American family.
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It is my hope that people today will see that, in another time, in another period, when we saw the need for people to speak up, to organize, to mobilize, and to do something about injustice, we came together.
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We must continue to go forward as one people, as brothers and sisters.
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Never become bitter, and in the process, be happy and just go for it.
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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 don’t have any extraordinary gifts. I’m just an average Joe who grew up very poor in rural Alabama.
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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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The vote controls everything that you do.
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The lessons of nonviolence are universal.
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Every single vote is precious.
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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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