There is a need for a movement of non-violent direct action.
JOHN LEWISYou have to be optimistic in order to continue to move forward.
More John Lewis Quotes
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You have to have hope. You have to be optimistic in order to continue to move forward.
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We may not have chosen the time, but the time has chosen us.
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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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You must be bold, brave, and courageous and find a way to get in the way.
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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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Nonviolence is one of those immutable principles that we cannot and must not deviate from.
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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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Create a society at peace with itself, and lay down the burden of hate and division.
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There’s nothing wrong with a little agitation for what’s right or what’s fair.
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I believe it is my obligation to tell the story of the civil rights movement to the next generation.
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We must be headlights and not taillights.
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Even in the civil rights movement, there were so many unbelievable women. They never, ever received the credit that they should have received. They did all of the, and I cannot say it, they did all of the dirty work. Hard work.
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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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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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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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